Holly Robinson
Cognoscenti contributor
Holly Robinson is a novelist, journalist and celebrity ghost writer whose newest novel is "Folly Cove." She is also the author of "The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter: A Memoir."
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It's your story, Kate. Nobody else's
When Holly Robinson was diagnosed with cancer in her early 40s, she wanted to shield her children from as much of her illness as she could. I told them about...
Picking up sticks in troubled times
The news is so bleak, it can feel difficult to do even basic tasks like going to work, filing your taxes and folding laundry, writes Holly Robinson. Her antidote? The...
The mirror of old friends
A lot can happen over a 30-year friendship, writes Holly Robinson. Some of my mom friendships didn’t outlast the parenting years, but this one has deepened through seismic life shifts....
Grief doesn't have to be so lonely
After losing her mom, Holly Robinson felt very alone in her grief -- nobody wanted to talk about it. But not talking about grief makes you feel heavy, she writes,...
Everything is fine, until it's not
“Pray for boring days,” my grandmother used to say. I never really knew what she meant. Now, I think I do, writes Holly Robinson.
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As we find our way back to each other, ‘Thank you for seeing me’
We're able to take a breath for now, to go to weddings and embrace our loved ones, writes Holly Robinson. But it's a reminder, too, that we all have untold...
What we do when the world falls apart
We do these things to remember that peace is not only possible, writes Holly Robinson, but within us.
Riding the (latest) COVID rollercoaster
It's a COVID fire hose and tough to handle, writes Holly Robinson, but all we can do is hold on, forgive ourselves for mistakes, and keep trying to protect each...
A Return To Leadership By Example
I'm too exhausted by Trump to be elated about Biden, writes Holly Robinson. But I have hope.
We've Been Lucky So Far. I Hope We Stay That Way
I'm in coronavirus quarantine with my family, writes Holly Robinson. It's a good life. Until, that is, one of us gets sick.