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    Stabby McStabberson: mary higgins clark struck a $64mil 4-book deal a couple of years ago, so if she were my mom i'd pay close attention to what she is doing since she's o... more »
    Ratinski: After I finished off the children's section of my small town library at the tender age of 11, the librarian started me on Mary Higgins Clark, which I ... more »
    rosasparks: My dad is into their books. I'll have to tell him they don't have a contentious relationship. He had made up a long, convoluted story, similar to thei... more »
    rocknrollunicorn: That's awesome. I haven't read any of Mary's books since I was a teenager but I remember enjoying them. Didn't know about Carol but it seems like a fu... more »
    Lowti: Oh noeeees, I'm sleeping with my brother! more »
    sequined: Yeah I guess if my family is one that gladly welcomes in little new siblings a few times a year and pampers them and coddles them and then, when it's ... more »
    NewsBunny: Second time I'm saying this today: I would so fuck Dwight.* *my husband is out of town and I'm loooooooonely more »
    Ratinski: See, my office is more like a bad sitcom. You have two cute and sarcastic ladies, one young but relatively sane and polite new hire, two crazy British... more »
    Suffragettestream the Office Hussy: I'm tired of people saying that only children are spoilt. I had very strict parents. Lots of people with siblings grew up with far more spoiling more »
    Understater: I concur. My female supervisor smothers me. My much older female co-worker mothers me. My younger, brother-like co-worker receives the brunt of my fru... more »
    Calluna Vulgaris: I'm an only child, so I can't say that I hate my co-workers because they remind me of an annoying younger sibling. Maybe I hate my co-workers because ... more »
    lizzzz: Oh crappy science, how intuitively interesting you can be. GIVE ME DATA, OR GIVE ME DEATH!!! more »
    badmutha: It seems there is always so old woman at the office who hates me. Does this reflect my issues that I had with my Mother as a teen, or is there a const... more »
    Cerridwen: My work is nothing like my family. Partly because I don't have someone in my family who is a hateful, self-pitying, Cassandra-complex-having, antagoni... more »
    Blueberry26: I'm the youngest, and I'm terrified of change and getting fired. come to think of it, though, when I was little I was always scared my mom would have ... more »
  • #majormysteries

    Family Secrets

    If you've ever wondered at a dynamic that allows both mother and daughter to pursue competing careers as suspense-writers and also regularly collaborate, well, you'll get a charge out of NPR's interview with the Higgins-Clarks.