Sometimes all you can do is fly away home ... When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician's wife-her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by ...
Moments of Clarity
I write a lot about being blonde. Sometimes I worry about perpetuating the stereotype. A large part of me identifies with the stereotypical blonde that everyone tells the jokes about. Not because of my hair color, which has darkened with age, but because they fit who I am. At ...
BOOK REVIEW: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard's world changed forever—-when Caitlin Somers chose her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomed Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on ...
BOOK REVIEW: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
When Siddalee Walker, oldest daughter of Vivi Abbott Walker, Ya-Ya extraordinaire, is interviewed in the New York Times about a hit play she's directed, her mother gets described as a "tap-dancing child abuser." Enraged, Vivi disowns Sidda. Devastated, Sidda begs forgiveness, and postpones her ...
BOOK REVIEW: Phantom’s by Dean Koontz
They thought it was the work of a maniac or terrorists or toxic contamination -- but then they found the truth, which was worse than anything they had imagined... 'Phantoms' was one of the first of the first Dean Koontz novels I ever read and will forever be one of my favorites by him. One ...