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Health, Happiness and The
Joy Of Lasting Friendships
To Our Customers and Friends

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Gay Rubin Publishes
Short Story Collection

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uthor Gay Rubin of
Bloomfield Hills re-
cently read from her
newly published short story
collection, On a Good Day
(Ridgeway Press, $8.95) at
the home of Julie Cumm-
ings. More than 50 col-
leagues and friends came to
the coffee to hear Ms.
Rubin's prose.
Her collection contains
seven stories, including the
title selection. One story
centers on a chance meeting
with Paul Newman. When
Ms. Rubin addressed the
crowd, she said that some of
her best story ideas came
from friends. "If I write
about you, I'll ask you," she
promised.
Ms. Rubin also talked
about juggling the roles of
author, mother and wife. "I
feel like I never accomplish
anything. But apparently, I
finished one thing," she
said.
Some of the listeners in the
crowd included: Jan Mir-
bach, Ms. Rubin's mother,
Trudy Weiss, Lauren Liss,
Linda Benson, Elyse
Schostak, Jain Lauter,
Shelley Golden, Suzie
Mitchell, Karen Jacobson,
SuSu Sosnick and Marcie
Orley.
Ms. Rubin, who just
received a grant from the
Arts Foundation of Mich-
igan, has studied and taught
creative writing at the Uni-
versity of Michigan. She also
studied with short story
master Gordon Lish in

New York. She is past presi-
dent of Detroit Women
Writers.
On a Good Day is available
at the Birmingham Book
Store, Bookpeople and Metro
News.

SOMERSET GALA
Forbes/Cohen Properties
and Frankel Associates
hosted a benefit for the
Detroit Symphony Or-
chestra Hall to mark the
opening of the Somerset Col-
lection. This evening
celebrates the culmination

Kathy and Nate Forbes

of a vision that began four
years ago," said Nate
Forbes.
Barry Goldsmith of
Burberrys, who travels to
malls across the country,
was impressed with the
elegance of the Somerset
Collection. Burberrys and
British Airways donated a
getaway trip to London and