THE LAST MRS. ASTOR by Frances Kiernan

Links for the East Side Readers' August discussion.

• Brooke Astor, 105, Aristocrat of the People, Dies - Times obit
• Brooke Astor News Archives in the NY Times
• The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story -Times Review
• Review of Brooke Astor's book – NY Times
• Interviews - Brooke Astor on PBS
• Brooke Astor – Article in The New York Sun
• Another Sad Chapter in the Brooke Astor Family Story -- New York Magazine

Here are some additional links ....

• Reading Group Guide: The Last Mrs. Astor
• The Biographer's Craft (see the archives)
• Dona Munker WRITING BIOGRAPHY and Biographical Nonfiction - NEWSLETTER
• The literary wife: Working with the widow
• The Center for Biographical Research at the University of Hawai`i

Then I found these interesting sites from the archives of The Biographer's Craft site... Especially useful for students or other folks doing research...

• ArchiveGrid -- Open the door to history
• Librarians' Internet Index
• Old Magazine Articles
• note taking, research paper writing, index card software - Free Trial
• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
• Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool
• BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free

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For September 18th, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler. Can't find a reading guide or questions (it was her first book, I believe), but Nick Hornby really likes it.. And here's a study guide at Answers dot com.