Showing Loose Diamonds: ...And Other Things I've Lost (And Found) Along the Way by Amy Ephron

HardCover. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 176 in Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers I've never bought loose diamonds but the idea of ??them appeals to me. Sparkling stones that I imagine come wrapped in a velvet cloth ... With her wonderful sense of humor. marvelously candid voice. and astonishing perception. Amy Ephron weaves together the most insightful. profound. and just plain funny stories of her life to form a tapestry of a woman's experiences from childhood through young adulthood. marriage. divorce (and remarriage). and everything in between. Writing with great honesty and exacting prose. Ephron gives us an evocative. engaging. and often piercing look at modern life.Along the way. we meet colorful and unforgettable characters such as the Birdman. who invited Ephron when she was a young girl into his Spanish-style home that he'd magically turned into an exotic aviary. And the...