Buchanan, Marla

Marla Buchanan is a "funny, irreverent, feminist, and larger-than-life" essayist, and is the author of "A Dirty Girl's Essays on George Carlin's '7 Words You Can't Say on Television, '" the memoir, "Rescue in Arabia: a true story of abduction, tragedy and hope," and other works. She is "happily on the doorstep of AARP membership," and is the mother of four adult children (and the grandmother of one). She lives in Northern Illinois, and has worked in social services and education. She was married to her Syrian-born ex-husband, Salim Kassem, the father/abductor of their son, Mohamad ("Moe") Kass...