A witty memoir that weaves an authentic coming-of-age tale into a bold portrait of New York’s working-class women. Fifth-generation New Yorker, third-generation bartender, and first-generation author Tara Clancy was raised in three wildly divergent homes: a converted boat shed in working class Queens, a geriatric commune of feisty, Brooklyn-born Italians, and a sprawling Hamptons estate she visited every other weekend. This childhood triptych comes to life in The Clancys of Queens, an electric, one-of-a-kind memoir. From scheming and gambling with her force-of-nature grandmother, to brawling with eleven-year-old girls on the concrete recess battle yard of MS 172, to hours lounging on Adirondack chairs beside an immaculate croquet lawn, to holding court beside Joey O’Dirt, Goiter Eddy, and Roger the Dodger at her Dad’s local bar, Tara leapfrogs across these varied spheres, delivering stories from each world with originality, grit, and outrageous humor. But The Clancys of Queens is not merely an authentic coming-of-age tale or a rowdy barstool biography. Chock-full of characters who escape the popular imaginings of this city, it offers a bold portrait of real people, people whose stories are largely absent from our shelves. Most crucially, it captures—in inimitable prose—the rarely-heard voices of New York’s working-class women. With a light touch but a hard hit, The Clancys of Queens blends savvy and wit to take us on an unforgettable strata-hopping adventure.

Naturalist John Muir wrote, "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." In this volume, Read650's Edward McCann has assembled a selection of outdoor stories originally performed live for a full house at The Cell Theater in New York City. Read650 shows on wide-ranging topics are produced at venues around the country, and you can learn about submission deadlines and upcoming events on our website or Facebook page. Please help spread the word about the spoken word.

The O2 TARA GUIDES give you cutting edge insights that fit your busy lifestyle! Each guide is about one specific health and wellness topic and tells you 1) what the problem is 2) what causes it 3) why it's a problem and 4) what solutions are available--both DIY and professionally. The innovative "take outs" design gives you what you need--quickly!

The O2 TARA GUIDES give you cutting edge insights that fit your busy lifestyle! Each guide is about one specific health and wellness topic and tells you 1) what the problem is 2) what causes it 3) why it's a problem and 4) what solutions are available--both DIY and professionally. The innovative "take out" design gives you what you need--quickly!Are you asking "Is it bad if my child keeps her mouth open?" Well, you have found the right guide! And if you're not asking that question, you should!That's because an open mouth is the greatest risk to your child's health and wellness today and tomorrow-unless you take action! For many kids, an open mouth is the underlying cause of the problems they show us every day: attention problems, behavior problems, anxiety, learning problems, social problems, and physical health problems.In this guide, you will learn: - why an open mouth is so damaging to health and wellness, - why your child needs to grow A FACE WITH O2 SPACE(c), - innovative, practical DIY strategies for prevention, - which professionals can help when intervention is needed, and- the CALL TO ACTION to preserve our children's health and wellness.In this latest book in the ground-breaking O2 TARA GUIDES series, Tara gives you EVERYTHING she has learned through her journey of saving her children who were keeping their mouths open and succumbing to an ever-growing list of "random" problems. When the pediatrician couldn't offer any real solutions to their problems, Tara kept searching. Fortunately for her children, she discovered the doctors and practitioners in the specialized field of airway health and their solutions to the underlying causes of the "random" problems! In this book, you get everything you need to help your child--and you get it in Tara's easy-to-read, unique style. FROM THE RESEARCH: "The magnitude of potential benefit from early screening and treatment is greatest for young children with behavioral, cognitive, and language delays/disabilities." Source: Karen Bonuck, PhD, et alPediatric Sleep Disorders and Special Educational Need at 8 Years: A Population-Based Cohort StudyPediatrics (Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics)October, 2012Children with the serious problems that can develop from keeping their mouths open show less brain matter on functional MRI scans. They "exhibit extensive regionally demarcated grey matter losses compared to healthy children."Philby, M. F. et al. Reduced Regional Grey Matter Volumes in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Scientific ReportsMarch, 2017USE THE INFORMATION IN THIS O2 TARA GUIDE TO HELP SOLVE THE GROWING LIST OF "RANDOM" PROBLEMS YOUR CHILD SHOWS.