![]() ![]() In her book, Rowe takes budding go-getters into the story behind her game-changing company, sharing personal anecdotes that show how they, too, can build a focused business that turns a profit without ever conceding personal or social values for the sake of the bottom line. ![]() Last spring, she published “ The Magic of Tiny Business,” a book inspired by her lifestyle. In 1989, she founded Eco-Bags Products, which is dedicated “to produce responsibly made and sourced bags at great prices, so that reusable becomes a way of life.” For nearly 30 years, Rowe has run her company without sacrificing personal or professional goals. Sharon Rowe ’79 insists that shouldn’t be the case. The grind is the place where entrepreneurs earn their place at the table. In the world of “ Shark Tank,” Gary Vee, and entrepreneur culture, nothing gets glamorized more than the hardships that go into developing a business. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() But like, yeah, she does actually need to finish that book. She’s actually there to try to find the mysterious character, Easy Clean. ![]() Finlay is under the guise of researching her next book, but we all know how true that is. Nick, Finlay’s potential love interest, is the cop in charge of the program and many of his departmental friends are there acting as instructors. In this 3rd-installment of the beloved Finlay Donovan Mystery series, Finlay and Vero pack their bags and head to a recently developed Citizen’s Police Academy. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle CosimanoĪnother thrilling, fun-filled, action packed, over-the-top adventure with my favorite gal pals, Finlay and Vero!! ![]() ![]() Later, after many years and much repetition of the same, he died, to the tremendous relief of Queenan, his ma and his sisters. Unsentimental and brutally honest, Queenan’s memoir captures the pathos of growing up in a difficult family and somehow getting beyond it. Joe Queenan’s dad was a self-defeating drunk who beat his kids, lost his jobs, foreswore swearing while raving and ranting and attending church, and who occasionally read good books. After his father’s death, as he was casting about for some way to put a spin on their relationship, Queenan recalls that acting as a stenographer for his father-who in his drunken rages would reel off letters to the editor about various social injustices-was the moment when the thought of making a living as a writer first entered his head. ![]() Early in the memoir, Queenan expresses the searingly honest sentiment that becomes the refrain of the book: “I never forgave my father for the way he treated us.” Queenan spent most of his life trying to get away from this father he found refuge in the public library, and for at least a year ran off to a seminary with the intention of joining the priesthood. Queenan’s father was a pugnacious drunk who declaimed passages from great literature and often chatted loudly late at night with God. Queenan closes the chapter on his life with a verbally and physically abusive alcoholic father. ![]() ![]() ) turns the mirror on himself in this somber and funny memoir about life with father in the projects of Philadelphia. ![]() Humorist and pop culture writer Queenan ( Queenan Country ![]() |