{"product_id":"why-does-my-social-life-schachter-9781732692732","title":"Why Does My Social Life Pick up When I Leave the Country? and Other (mostly) Whimsical Essays","description":"INTRODUCTION: When I was growing up, I wanted to be a journalist (I \"published\" newspapers for my grade school classmates and received a prestigious journalism award in high school). But I also enjoyed working with children and wanted to be a teacher. I was hired to teach at my Long Island, New York, alma mater, North Shore High School (I later moved to the Middle School). But, I never gave up my love of writing. I wrote my first story about returning to North Shore to substitute teach and sent it out to newspapers and magazines. Twelve rejection letters later, I decided to try The New York Times. Why not? I thought. If they turned me down, I could frame a rejection letter from the world's greatest newspaper. But, they threw me off-balance by accepting it! My first published essay---in The New York Times! From there, I went on to write other essays for the Times, plus the Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Miami Herald, Newsday, The Denver Post, The New York Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Toronto Globe \u0026amp; Mail, Family Circle, and Newsweek. In 1980, The Washington Post began a travel section and I began submitting manuscripts. Instead of writing about the canals of Venice or the fjords of Norway, mine were humor essays such as, \"The Joys of Jet Lag\" (the chores I happily do at 4 a.m. when I can't sleep) and the title piece, \"Why Does My Social Life Pick Up When I Leave the Country?\" I retired from teaching in 2014, but I am still writing, mostly for Newsday where I have had 60 published essays. Overall, 138 pieces have appeared in newspapers and magazines and occasionally I've appeared in a new outlet: on-line. And, now, I've gathered these essays for this book. Not all of them are appearing here, but my favorites are. I hope you enjoy them!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Schachter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732692734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732692732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tender Fire Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.68d","brand":"Schachter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442509099263,"sku":"9781732692732","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8a3edd7-6520-41a6-a282-c8ec91665317.jpg?v=1777197860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-does-my-social-life-schachter-9781732692732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}