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Rosemary DiBattista Women's Fiction

Rosemary DiBattista
Rosemary DiBattista
Fanwood, NJ
Member since: Mar, 2009
Last login: 11/15/2009
Last update : 11/15/2009
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  • A Jersey girl born and bred, I'm proud to call my feisty little state home. Though I live in the suburbs, my heart is at the shore, which provides the setting for much of my work. An English teacher for almost twenty years, I've also published a non-fiction book and several articles, but it was only recently that I turned to fiction. My first novel, a romantic comedy, is currently out on submission.

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  • Guilty Pleasures: Where the Boys Are

    November 15, 2009

    •   Turner Classic Movies showed this 60s chestnut last evening, and I must say that I have always loved this cheesy throwback. The first time I saw this movie, I must have been around 12. I stayed up late to sneak-watch it (sound turned way down) on the tiny black and white television in my room. And here is what I learned: Nice girls who stay nice get to marry millionaires. And nice girls who go ...
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  • Guilty Pleasures: The Mommy Vacation

    November 6, 2009

    •   We do it to ourselves, you know. So convinced that our families can't run without our magical presence, we control, micromanage, enable, and ultimately martyr ourselves upon the altar of motherhood. But even saints and martyrs need a break now and then.A couple of weeks ago I booked a tiny third floor room in a Victorian bed and breakfast at the Jersey shore for one night only. I was giving ...
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  • On the Bookstand: Edith Wharton

    October 31, 2009

    •   Ever since I read The House of Mirth for my women's lit class in college, I have been a Wharton fan. I'm drawn to her work for a number of reasons. For one thing, her books successfully bridged the commercial and the literary, bringing her both fame and money in her lifetime (much to the dismay of her friend Henry James, who tended to look down his literary nose at her popular work, while ...
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  • The Truth About Me and Dogs

    September 30, 2009

    •   I am not a dog person. I never was. As a child I was deathly afraid of them, and I dragged my feet for years when my boys begged for one. When the last kid was finally toilet trained, I had run out of excuses. (I had stipulated that I would not be cleaning up dog poop and the human variety. At which point my then four year-old handed me his pack of Pull-Ups, declaring he no longer had need of ...
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  • The Time of His Life

    September 16, 2009

    • Like so many women of my generation and the two behind me, I have spent the last two days mourning Patrick Swayze. He was a big crush for so many of us, and not just for the obvious reasons.Sure, the guy looked like he could grace the cover of romance novels, and those of us who watched Ghost and Dirty Dancing for the swoon factor alone can all attest to his considerable personal charms. But ...
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