September 17, 2025
Too Much Love
Stories of Mothering
Too Much Love, an anthology of essays and poems by women, edited by Nitza Agam, reveals and questions the complex and complicated relationships of becoming a mother and about being a daughter. Readers will laugh, smile, grimace, and cry while journeying with these women who share their fears, pain and joy of giving birth, or becoming an adopted mother, or the burden of living up to a mother’s demand for excellence
Author Talk with Nitza Agam and friends
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Join Nitza Agam and six of her fellow writers from the anthology "Too Much Love, Stories of Mothering." An anthology of essays and poems by women, edited by Nitza Agam, reveals and questions the complex and complicated relationships of becoming a mother and being a daughter.
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March 14, 2026
Peninsula Books
441 Westlake Center
Daly City, CA 94015
The Piano Man: In Memory of Rick Nichols
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I could hear the music as I approached Pacific Java Café in Rockaway Beach. Rick was at his spot playing piano. It might be a Beatles tune, Elton John, a Neil Diamond song, or a show tune from a Broadway musical. My husband and I came almost every Sunday, sometimes on a Saturday afternoon, to hear Rick play, and to order coffee and a marble cake, talk about sports or politics, or just about how we felt that week. It was a weekly ritual that took on significance in our lives.
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