by Laura | Sep 11, 2025
After many years as a social activist, writer and researcher on reproductive choice and the right to control one’s reproductive life, as I have gotten older (and with the death of both of my parents), I have found myself delving into control at the end of one’s life...
by Laura | Dec 4, 2023
I am thrilled to announce my latest book, A Special A Special Sisterhood: 100 Fascinating Women From History Who Never Had Children! Unlike my past books, this one is designed for a young adult audience (and up) and has illustrations by a talented illustrator,...
by Laura | May 30, 2023
Review by Nicole Louie When I first saw Ann Patchett’s book, These Precious Days: Essays, I wondered why the cover has a colorful portrait of a cute dog on the back of a couch. Sifting through two dozen essays spanning almost six decades of Ann’s life, I’d soon learn...
by Laura | Jul 15, 2022
by Melanie Holmes Jessica Nabongo had it all. The corporate job with great pay and benefits, a company car, and an expense account for business trips. But it didn’t make her happy— not in the way she had expected. So, she traded it all for a job in Japan teaching...
by Laura | Feb 2, 2018
Review by Melanie Davis As an Inspector with the United States Marshal’s Witness Protection Program, author George Dapra can tell stories that had been carefully hidden. With special authorization from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Dapra allows us to meet people...
