Michelle Kennedy
Michelle Kennedy | |
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| Born | Michelle Louise Kennedy July 12, 1972 Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Genre | Non-fiction, Humor, Memoir |
| Notable awards | Pushcart Prize nominee |
| Spouse | Thomas Troy Busconi[1] |
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Michelle Kennedy (née Michelle Louise Kennedy, July 12, 1972) is an American author and humorist.[2][3][4][5]
Biography[edit]
Kennedy was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of her life on a small sheep farm in Chelsea, Vermont. She played high school basketball and loved doing farm chores. She was head page in the United States Senate her junior year in high school for Senator Patrick Leahy. She is the mother of eight children.[citation needed]
Kennedy's formal writing career began as a reporter for the Green Bay News-Chronicle.[6] Since then, she has published work in Salon.com, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, Family Circle and many other publications. She has also read her work on National Public Radio.
Kennedy is the author of 16 books. Her first book, Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America, was published by Viking in 2005[7][6] and received many positive critical reviews as well as several awards.
Books[edit]
- The Last Straw Strategies (Series of 8 books), Barrons Educational Series, 2003
- It Worked For Me: 1,001 Real-Life Pregnancy Tips, 2004
- Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America, (ISBN 978-0143036784) Viking, 2005 [6]
- The Big Book of Happy, Metro Books, 2007
- A Fine Mess: Living Simply With Children, 2008
- Year of the Dog: How Running Sled Dogs Saved the Life of a Woefully Average, Middle-Aged Mother of Eight, (ISBN 978-1493517367) In a Shoe Press, 2013
References[edit]
- ^ McCann, Marianne (2022-05-26). "Chelsea Couple Finds their Field of Dreams". Randolph Herald.
- ^ Wildman, Sarah (2005-02-27). "Without a Net: Mobile Home". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "Without a Net: Review". Entertainment Weekly. 2005-02-27. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "Mothers Who Sell, by Michelle Kennedy". Salon.com. 2002-10-01. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ Pippert, Tim (Autumn 2005). "Without a Net Book Review". International Journal of Sociology of the Family. 31 (2): 159–161. JSTOR 23070654.
- ^ a b c O'Connor, Kevin (13 May 2007). "Chapter 2 in one writer's life". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ O'Connor, Kevin (19 November 2006). "The Long Way Home". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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