Comments on: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Ethan Canin For America, America

By: CTuttle

CTuttle — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:09:23 +0000

Jo Fish is upstairs…

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:03:18 +0000

Ethan, thank you for writing this wonderful book and for sharing your time with us here today. Drop by anytime!

Thanks Christy, and thanks Bev, for another great Salon.

By: CTuttle

CTuttle — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:57:09 +0000

Mahalo for spending time with us! Please drop by more often, there is no other place like it…! 8-)

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:56:42 +0000

Thanks so much, Ethan — come back any time!

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:56:26 +0000

Ethan,
Thank you for joining us this afternoon. Looks like another book goes on the “to read” list.

But jsut to let you know in case you stop by again sometimes, the Book Salons tend to be fairly civil thanks to folks staying on topic as much as possible.

That can’t always be said about other discussion threads…

By: demi

demi — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:56:26 +0000

Thanks for being here Ethan.
Many of us here have children and share the positive influences that being a good steward is also a good parent. And, we share our triumphs in that vein. We try to help.
Christy is a great role model for many people.

By: Ethan Canin

Ethan Canin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:55:32 +0000

Hi, Bev,
Sorry to have followed your lovely post with a mundane one.
Thanks again to all of you.
Ethan

By: Ethan Canin

Ethan Canin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:54:40 +0000

Not just FISA but also the potential to infiltrate political discussions and news anonymously–not to mention in a highly targeted fashion. If there’s a way to exploit the internet politically, then a political operative would be remiss to not exploit it. I can only imagine what the news scene on the internet will be like two or three elections from now.

By: BevW

BevW — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:52:01 +0000

As we come to the end of the Book Salon,

Ethan, Thank you for stopping by the Lake today and spending the afternoon with us.

Christy, Thank you for Hosting this great Book Salon.

Everyone, this is a must-read book, if you haven’t bought one yet, there is a link above.

Thanks all.

By: Ethan Canin

Ethan Canin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:49:08 +0000

Thanks, Christy. What an intelligent and civil group you have here. I’m very impressed.
And I’m impressed you can run a chat while loading DVD’s for your 5-year-old, too.
I should say that this book, in the end–for me, at least–remained a character book more than a political book. It’s a book about parenthood, in some way; about how one must reconsider every act, both great and terrible, in light of having brought children into the world.
Thanks for helping out.
–Ethan