My mom and I went to our favorite annual event yesterday – the Words Alive luncheon. Every year, this fantastic organization, which promotes literacy in so many important ways, invites two authors to speak to an ever-growing audience which makes me realize that San Diego has become a far more literary city than I gave…
The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes to Stay Married is one of the hottest books out there right now, so we’re thrilled to share these tips from author Iris Krasnow on how to stay married forever. Krasnow interviewed more than 200 wives, and what she discovered is actually sort of…
With almost half of marriages ending in divorce, it’s no surprise that the kids are often the ones who stand to lose the most. But what we never really considered until reading An Accidental Mother is the devastating loss experienced by everyone involved when a divorced parent enters into a serious relationship which doesn’t result…
I sort of dropped the ball after writing My Reading List (and my Anthropologie Blanket and a Few Other Things), so here, as promised, are some more of the books I’ve enjoyed recently — minus the commentary about my bedroom. THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach I adored this book. Yes, I’m a baseball fan…
If you haven’t met my Newfoundland, Jessie — meaning, you haven’t been knocked over, slobbered on or had your face washed by her — I hope you’ll head over to Chandra Hoffman’s fantastic blog, to meet her! Chandra is the author of the must-read novel, Chosen (which is one of the great books I read…
