vance waldman wonderful and their staff for just incredible. they were working daily on his file because they knew that the clock was ticking every day and there investigations-- >> what i'm asking is even if they found a doctor on the fishing trip and the doctor had said what he thought, that wasn't enough? >> it wasn't. with that point they still wrote a letter saying to bed, it was the material flack of disclosure and then dr. waldman had to contact them again, and discuss it further. >> and, ms. horton your situation is that your policy was rescinded because you were seeking some insurance coverage, or how did that work for you? >> turn on your mic please. >> can you not hear me? i was seeking the policy when i was going over from a group health insurance. >> so this is just a denial from the beginning because-- >> i was accepted in the first time i went to see a doctor i received a letter from blue cross dating they wanted all of my medical records and it was the bill for just a routine blood work. it was to test my tea for level, which is

. >> acclaimed novelist ayelet waldman responds to the public outcry that branded her a bad mother for claiming she loves her husband more than her children. barnes & noble tribeca in new york city hosted the event, it's 40 minutes. [laughter] >> hi. okay, so i'm just going to launch into this. this is what we're going to do, we're going to read a little, then we're going to ask some questions. i want you to be thinking of your questions right now, here's why. there are stupendous prizes for those who ask questions, and you want to win a prize. you do, you know you do. i hope there's someone lactating. excellent. i'm going to read an essay called breast is best. once when my son abraham was six weeks old i was standing in line at a local bakery. i had him in a sling, and i was feeding him. the baby had finally taken his bottle, and i was loathe to adjust anything for fear of disturbing our tenuous peace. i rocked a bit on my heels. the baby paused in his sucking, and i held my breath. suddenly, a voice behind me said, you know, breast is best. i turned. the speaker, a woman a few years

[applause] >> ayelet waldman is a former public defender whose writings have appeared in "the new york times", elle, vogue, and salon.com. she's the author of daughter's keeper and love and other impossible pursuits. visit ayelet waldman.com. >> this summer booktv is asking what are you reading? >> i'm carla cohen. i'm the co-owner of politics and prose bookstore in washington, d.c., and i got into the business because i love to read more than anything. you can see i don't do too much exercise. instead, i lie on a sofa and read instead. so i want to tell you about the books. i think this is just such an incredible year for reading and for books, and i'm happy to have the chance to talk about this on c-span because i think c-span doesn't bring enough fiction to you, and i think fiction can often be more true than books about policy or history. the -- my two themes this year are immigration and south asia. i'm not going to talk about three paperbacks that are so popular on their own they really don't need me to support them, but i'll tell you what they are. one is netherland which has re

waldman, the director of their health bureau. i cannot thank them enough for their daily assistance and support of myself and my brother through this difficult time. during their investigation, the located the doctor who ordered the ct scan. he was not only retired, he was on a fishing trip at the time. and through their unbelievable resolved they were able to get ahold of him on the fishing trip and he did recall -- he had no recollection -- he recalled my brother and his treatment on my brother but he had no recollection of ever disclosing the information to my brother were treating him for gallstones or a small aneurysm. after two appeals by the illinois attorney general's office, fortis insurance company finally overturned the original decision to rescind my brothers coverage and he was reinstated without flaps. this is after weeks of constant phone calls between myself and the attorney general's office, and we were literally scrambling our by our work to get this accomplished so that my brother wouldn't lose his three or fou

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it was also a gender neutral name that allowed her to be not so obviously it waldman added time being a woman was such a handicap. she changed her religion. she had been raised at the congregational list in the lake forest. she changed to episcopalianism. now she was the thought. she was truly the about and religion is a defining characteristic in her whole life but it also put her in the right social circle in lake forest. the swift family, the armor family, those were her fellow parishioners at the church that she went to and provided introductions and context for the rest of her life. this is a recurring facet of frances perkins's character. advocating for the poor and the underclass while socializing in befriending the effluent to have the ability to make social change. frances perkins went to new york city to become a social worker. a lot of women at hall house were heiresses the-- frances perkins had to sing for her supper all of her life. she became a social worker in new york city. she was working for the national consumers league, which was an organization that was headed b

. >> a clan fotopoulos at ayelet waldman response to the public outcry that branded her a bad mother for declaring in a "new york times" essay that she loves her husband more than her children. dsa began a national discussion on stereotypes about motherhood. barnes & noble tribeca in new york city hosted the event. it is 40 minutes. >> hi, i am just going to launch into this. we are going to rita little and then we are going to ask questions. i want you to be thinking of your questions right now. there are stephen this prizes for those who ask questions. really, chromatically appropriate prizes and you want to win a prize, you know you do. so, i know there is someone lactating. excellent. i am going to read an essay called is best.