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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015
WHAT ARE THEY READING?
T
he 'aily Astorian inYites people to sub-
mit titles of books they are reading and
share a few thoughts about the work. This
week local author 0uriel Jensen shares
some of her faYorites. Jensen a regular con-
tributor to The 'aily Astorian has published
more than 7 books and noYellas. To submit
send to news@dailyastorian.com
I
read Georgette Heyer in my 20s
and fell in loYe with the Regen-
cy p eriod. She brings that time
aliYe as well as Jane Austen did
though Heyer was born in 1902.
Her research and immersion in that
timeaare Yery thorough. Also —
she wrote her ¿ rst noYel at age 17
“The Black 0oth´ and published
Muriel Jensen
it at 21! As someone who didn’t get
published until age 38 — and to far
less acclaim and adoration — I’m
trying not to hold that against her.
I recently came into ownership
of Heyer’s entire collection through
a brief acquaintance 4 minutes I
think of a woman waiting for her
niece by my desk in the reception
area of an accounting of¿ ce when
I worked between writing careers.
We began to talk about faYor-
ite books and discoYered a mutual
loYe of Heyer ’s hysterical peri-
od romances. The woman passed
away seYeral months ago and left
her collection to me. I am beyond
thrilled particularly since I’m plot-
ting a story with a Regency subplot.
This will simplify accurate use of
the language and manners that are
so speci¿ c to the period.
I’m currently reading “Bath
Tangle´ N ot the water in the tub
but that English city built on the
site of ancient roman baths that
were a spa destination for thou-
sands of years. A young woman
and her widowed step mother who
are about the same age create a ro-
mantic knot with two unsuspecting
gentlemen that’s so much fun to un-
tangle. And I haYe another 30 more
books to explore.
Primarily I look for romance
laughter co]y mysteries and gen-
eral fun. So I loYe Kristan Higgins
Janet EYanoYich Jill Barnett co-
mediennes all who neYer compro-
mise story for a laugh.
Because I’m from 0assachu-
setts and so admire John Adams
my husband Ron gaYe me his
biography written by 'aYid 0c-
Cullough seYeral Christmases ago
and I’m still reading it. It’s Yery
interesting but I keep reading ro-
mance in between to see what my
friends are up to.
When I’m writing there are re-
search materials all oYer my desk
and on the À oor — books on Or-
egon and New England because
that’s usually where my book are
set baby names books a great book
that tells you the names of all sort
of eYeryday items we don’t usually
know. For instance that plastic or
fabric piece on your shoelace that
keeps it from unraYeling is called
an aglet. Interesting huh"
Ron’s afraid the weight of all the
stuff in my tiny of¿ ce — four or
¿ Ye incarnations of manuscripts for
each book I’Ye written tons liter-
ally of research material the com-
puter the desk and all the accompa-
niments the futon with the Husky
mix on it me — will one day come
crashing down into the liYing room.
Watch T he Daily Astorian for
that story.
Nike chairman looks back in upcoming memoir
Company
began in
handshake
deal with UO
track coach
By HILLEL ITALIE
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Finally
ready to step back and reÀ ect
Nike Chairman Phil Knight
has written a memoir.
The Scribner imprint of
Simon & Schuster Inc. told
The Associated Press that
Knight’s book is scheduled
for next spring. The 77-year-
old Knight who announced in
June that he will step down as
chairman next year is known
for his reluctance to talk about
the past. But in a statement
released through Scribner he
said he welcomed the chance
to look back.
³For a long time I haYe
had requests — from a cou-
ple of prominent publishing
houses and many diYerse in-
diYiduals — to write the story
of how Nike began´ he said.
“I had neither the time nor the
inclination — until the last
couple of years. *iYing up
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Knight was represented by
Washington attorney Robert
Barnett whose clients range
from President Barack Obama
to Barbra Streisand. Accord-
ing to Scribner the mem-
oir will be “candid humble
gutsy and wry.´
Knight’s book currently
untitled will touch upon such
controYersies as working con-
ditions at factories oYerseas.
But his focus will be on the
early years. In Knight
began what became Nike in a
handshake deal with his track
coach at the UniYersity of
Oregon Bill Bowerman and
initially sold running shoes
from the trunk of his green
Plymouth Valiant. In Forbes’
most recent list of the coun-
try’s richest people Knight
ranked No. 17 with an esti-
mated worth of $24.4 billion.
“Those from the early
days at Nike were part of
and contributed to an indus-
try going through a reYolu-
tion and a world changing so
dramatically it is not likely
a story like this will eYer be
told again´ Knight said in
his statement.
“The lessons learned might
be helpful to others — about
life business resilience and
risk. One way or another eY-
erybody has a start-up.´
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