Laura Bartone, now in her fifties, is forced to face unpleasant truths from the past when her troubled sister Caroline calls on the eve of a family reunion and asks to meet with her and their brother to discuss the abuses she believes she suffered at their hands of their emotionally distant mother.
Elizabeth Berg discusses her experience of writing, tracing her journey from working mother to published novelist, and offers advice and exercises for others who aspire to a writing career.
After their mother's death, Katie and her old sister, Diane, struggle to understand their distant, violent father while coping with the loss that has changed their lives.
Ginny Young embarks on a journey home to see the mother she has not spoken to in thirty-five years and to discover the truth about events from the past that determined the course of her life.
Three sisters living in Chicago at the end of World War II struggle to cope with rations, metal drives, and the uncertainty of their futures as their boyfriends and fiances fight overseas.
Patty Ann Murphy, tired of being "Ms. Runner-Up" in life, decides to go out and make something happen even if she does have to follow a very untraditional path to happiness.
Thirteen-year-old Katie, having moved from Missouri to Texas in 1961 following the death of her mother, has a difficult time sorting out the details of friendship, loyalty, and other trials and tribulations of teenage life.
Ginny Young embarks on a journey home to see the mother she has not spoken to in thirty-five years and to discover the truth about events from the past that determined the course of her life.
