May, 2013 | SorryWatch

I never meant my actions to have consequences

by sumac | May 31, 2013 | Corporate Apologies

Ashley Bays took her 2 ½ year old, Grayson with her when she went to the M-Spa salon in Portage, Michigan. She wanted Grayson to have a haircut, as he had before. Grayson, who’s autistic, sat in her lap. When the electric clipper began to buzz, he clung to his...

SorryWatch Reads: Any Duchess Will Do

by snarly | May 30, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies

Courtesy of Lisa Harsma of BooksListsLife, behold a scene from NYT bestselling author Tessa Dare’s latest novel. I haven’t read this one, but like Lisa, I’m a big Tessa Dare fan. Booklist calls her one of the “new stars of historical romance,” and...

SorryWatch Reads: A Thousand Pardons

by snarly | May 29, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies

Ooh, a novel about an apology savant! By a Pulitzer nominee! Jonathan Dee’s s A Thousand Pardons opens with privileged Westchester couple Helen and Ben Armstead heading to couples therapy. Ben’s been increasingly disengaged and quiet, but he suddenly loses...

I’m so sorry this is working out badly for me

by sumac | May 27, 2013 | Personal Apologies

Emma Way was apparently annoyed by the happy bike riders in the road taking part in the 100-mile Boudicca Sportive event. But it wasn’t deliberate when she knocked one of them off his bike and into a hedge when her car’s wing mirror struck his handlebar....