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In her lengthy career, Betsy Lerner has been an MFA student, an award-winning poet, a book editor at major publishing houses, and a fictional agent. So in her wonderfully perceptive book about writers and the company in which they struggle, she provides a myriad of�wise and knowledgeable perspective. Whether you are working on your first novel or your fifth, you’ll read Lerner’s book and think, She’s writing about me.�You may not think so on every page, particularly if you have an oversize ego. Lerner shares a wealth of anecdote and opinions about the necessary makeup of writers, not all of them gratifying. (Words such as “neurotic” and “insecure” come up a lot.) But, because of her obvious love of writers and books, even the brutally honest stuff doesn’t come across as insulting. After all, how insulting can it be to be compared to Philip Roth? Her observations are simply honest, and deeply loving. Lerner’s stories about the enthusiasm she has felt over the years for particular writers and projects, and for the world of books in general, is catching.�”The Forest for the Trees” is not a long book, but it covers a lot of territory. The book’s first half speaks mainly to the process and the character of the writer… This is the part that’ll make you think she’s writing about, or to, you. The chapters are pepper liberally with quotes from Roth, John Updike, Edith Wharton, and dozens of others about what stimulated them to begin writing and what prevents them from stopping; about their process; about how they deal with criticism.� � the brewing industry. Founded in 1725 mixing the crystal clear waters of the River Avon with malted barley the�Ring wood�brewing manufacturing continues to produce fine cask ales and services the local Inns and public houses. Many of the existing Inns have been serving the public for hundreds of years. Ringwood is an ideal location to explore the New Forest, try your hand at fishing on the River Avon or to simply relax and unwind and enjoy the passive surroundings of an historic market town.