If you think you have trouble finding a bra that fits, imagine what the women at homeless facilities have to go through. Beverly Williams, who volunteers at a shelter in the San Francisco Bay area, saw firsthand the need for bras in all different sizes to fit the many women who requested them. After brainstorming…
She had us at the title, but Gail Konop Baker’s memoir about her year-long struggle with breast cancer is a must-read for all women, even those blessed not to have had their lives touched with the disease. In Cancer is a Bitch or I’d Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis, Gail writes honestly about her…
Karen Karbo is the author of three novels (all New York Times “Notable Books”), two non-fiction titles and the Minerva Clark mystery series for middle grade readers, as well as a prolific journalist whose work you’ve probably read in The New York Times or magazines like Elle, Vogue, More and Self. I was thrilled to…
Fashion Week may have ended but you can keep style alive with Karen Karbo’s enlightening, empowering and just plain fun “The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World’s Most Elegant Woman.” Most biographies can get pretty dry, giving the blah blah blah chronological life story of a person, but Karen’s book is…
Her name is synonymous with fashion, and she may be the most influential woman in the field ever, but Coco Chanel was first a young girl named Gabrielle who lived in an orphanage and dreamed of achieving fame and fortune on the Parisian stage. She certainly was able to cross “fame” and “fortune” off her…
