My friend and fellow bibliophile Mari sent me this essay on parents in children’s books, particularly in the YA genre. (Thanks Mari!) It’s written by the children’s books editor of the NYT — talk about a sweet gig and a rarity in this age of disappearing newspaper reviews. I guess whenever I get frustrated with my own mother I can simply ponder the many deadbeats and psychos in literature and gain some perspective. By the way, one of the best trips I ever took was with Mari. We were going …

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