Signed copy of "A Hundred Lives Since Then: Essays on Motherhood, Marriage, Mortality and More", by Gail Rosenblum PLUS a visit to your book club to read and schmooze!

In "A Hundred Lives Since Then", award-winning Star Tribune columnist Gail Rosenblum has gathered a collection of her wry observations on a host of experiences ranging from home remodeling and a parent’s late-life romance to a child’s show-and-tell and the neighborhood book club. With self-depreciating humor, she reminds us of how difficult it can be to hire a babysitter, how frightful to take a young child on an amusement park ride. She describes her daughter’s first crush, analyzes the stages of an exasperating family holiday, and explores the complicated process of choosing the right dog. She evokes the sense of vanishing time as a parent watches her children grow up and the craziness and sense of loss that accompany even the most well-mannered divorce. Her irrepressible humor is never far from the surface, but readers will also be struck—and moved—by her ability to expose the enduring significance of the most quotidian observations and events. * For more information: click here.

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Gail Rosenblum is a columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, writing two to three columns a week on current issues, trends and the complexities of human relationships. Her first book, "A Hundred Lives Since Then: Essays on Motherhood, Marriage and Mortality", is now available from Nodin Press. Before coming to the Star Tribune, Gail worked for nearly 20 years as a reporter, editor and essayist for many newspapers and national magazines, including Sesame Street Parents, Parents Magazine and Child. In addition to her newspaper work, Gail is an author, public speaker, teacher and co-host with novelist Lorna Landvik, of literacy-focused Reading Goddess Radio, now being piloted in the Twin Cities. Her company, Roseberry Entertainment, Inc., is producer of the award-winning children’s musical video, “Enough Already!” and co-producer of the upcoming full-length feature film, “Milkweed,” based on the award-winning novel by Jerry Spinelli. Gail has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of New Mexico and a master’s degree in journalism, with a concentration in public health, from the University of Minnesota. Her writing has garnered awards from the Associated Press, American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, and the Society of Professional Journalists in Minnesota and Texas. Gail is the mother of three children.