She embraced her vices. One of her best-known books is titled, Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences. Shortly before her death, she published her 16th book, The Joy of Drinking. Holland said she wrote it to protest the rise of “broccoli, exercise and Starbucks.”
An undated, b/w photo of author Barbara Holland Photo credit: Mel Crown Image source: The New York Times
“Gloom we have always with us, a rank and sturdy weed, but joy requires tending.”
-American writer Barbara Holland, born on this day in 1933
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