Ms. Roberts resorts to her nom de plume J. D. Robb when she wishes, as in her new "Divided in Death," to talk tough, indulge in techno-speak and visit the year 2059.
These are some of the interesting points that Sarah Bowen makes in her book Divided Spirits: Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production.
Following her husband's death in 1973 she divided her time between the LBJ ranch and her home in Austin.
Mariluz, in turn, increasingly divided her time between Managua and her mother's home, minimizing her contact with her in-laws.
The decision in the Herring case divided along familiar lines.
Her spokesman, Howard Wolfson, was unable to provide details of the heating costs actually encountered by Mrs. Clinton, who, in fact, has divided her nights between her new home and the White House.
"The moral of the story is, keep your maiden name," said Gail Sheffler, an advertising copywriter who was at the counter in Harrison Donut, her attention divided by newspaper headlines about the Pirro conviction, her breakfast egg sandwich and her 8-year-old daughter and a friend.
Just as in her life she divided a nation, so in her death she has solidified those divisions.
The Christian activist who drove me around the city told me that opinion in her family was divided and fluctuating.
And her map, drawn in her memory, is divided into the easily accessible places and the more difficult ones, the ones she needs help to navigate.
