Chrissy L

Chrissy L edited the characters of The Circus Fire 9 days ago.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/ImportantImportant People
• Added the description of Robert Dale Segee: A prime suspect in the arson case. He confessed to setting the fire, then retracted his confession. Mentally ill. He was never tried or convicted.
• marked the description of Robert Dale Segee as not a spoiler

Chrissy L edited the characters of The Circus Fire 9 days ago.

• Added the description of Emmett Kelly: A famous circus clown who was present at the fire.
• marked the description of Emmett Kelly as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Charles Nelson Reilly: Actor and comedian; grew up in Hartford. Was at the cirucs the day of the fire (age 11). After that, would never sit in an audience again.
• marked the description of Charles Nelson Reilly as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Thomas Barber: Police investigator who worked tirelessly to learn the identity of unidentified victims, especially Little Miss 1565.
• marked the description of Thomas Barber as not a spoiler

Chrissy L edited the books like this book of The Circus Fire 9 days ago.

• Added A Matter of Degree: The Hartford Circus Fire & The Mystery of Little Miss 1565

Chrissy L edited the characters of The Circus Fire 9 days ago.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Little Miss 1565: Named for the number on her death certificate, an unidentified child who has become the face of the fire.
• marked the description of Little Miss 1565 as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Patty Murphy: A child who sustained severe injuries in the circus fire; ultimately survived.
• marked the description of Patty Murphy as not a spoiler

Chrissy L edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The Circus Fire 9 days ago.

• Added: Hartford Circus Fire in 1944 killed 167, wounded hundreds more. Still resonates in present-day CT.

Chrissy L edited the characters of The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story 3 weeks ago.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Latke: The protagonist
• marked the description of Latke as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Christmas lights
• Added a character: Evergreen tree
• Added a character: Jewish family

Chrissy L edited the table of contents of Interpreter of Maladies Friday, September 4 2009.

• A Temporary Matter
  When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine
  Interpreter of Maladies
  A Real Durwan
  Sexy
  Mrs. Sen's
  This Blessed House
  The Treatment of Bibi Haldar
  The Third and Final Continent

Chrissy L edited the characters of The Undomestic Goddess Saturday, August 15 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Samantha Sweeting: High-powered, driven lawyer whose life takes a drastic turn and becomes a housekeeper in the countryside instead.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Samantha Sweeting: Protagonist
• marked the description of Samantha Sweeting as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Nathaniel: Gardener on the estate where Samantha goes to work.
• marked the description of Nathaniel as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Trish Geiger: Samantha's employer when she's working as a housekeeper.
• marked the description of Trish Geiger as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Eddie Geiger: Samantha's employer when she's working as a housekeeper.
• marked the description of Eddie Geiger as not a spoiler

Chrissy L edited the table of contents of The Next Big Thing Sunday, July 26 2009.

• Prologue
  1. Put the "Real" Back into Reality TV
  2. The Lane Bryant Dance
  3. Nobody Gets on a Reality TV Show by Acting Natural
  4. Duds, Not Studs
  5. So, as You Can See, I'm Majorly Screwed
  6. Some Ferocious Cockroaches
  7. Fat Chance
  8. A Walking Ad for Prozac
  9. "The Starbucks of the Funeral Home Industry"
  10. Things Like This Never Happen to Me
  11. A Strange, Mismatched Group
  12. In For a Penny, In For a Pound
  13. Earth-Toppling Feminine Wiles
  14. From Fat to Fabulous
  15. Weight of the World
  16. Technical Difficulties
  17. The Weighting Game
  18. An Enormous Twist
  19. Nothing Bad is Going to Happen
  20. Trying to Keep us on our Toes
  21. Of Course it Wasn't my Plan!
  22. Define Gap
  23. Match Made in Heaven
  24. I Was Seeing Stars
  25. Kill Me Now
  26. I Ain't Getting Any Younger Here
  27. Don't You Know?
  28. A Breath I Hadn't Realized I Was Holding

Chrissy L edited the first sentence of Letters to a Bullied Girl Saturday, July 25 2009.

• Dear Olivia, I have one message that I'd like to pass on to you, and it comes from the perspective of the abuser, not the abused.