Putting Yourself First

because everyone wins

Reading Patricia Volk’s lovely (and funny) memoir, Stuffed, about growing up in a big, nutty, creative family (her great-grandfather introduced pastrami to the U.S.), I started thinking about affection. This book is full of affection: for family, for food, for culture. And because HNTFUYF is (at least nominally) about beauty, I want to mention a small m…