Carol Fragale Brill

What happens when a creative woman does what she's supposed to instead of what she wants most?

Nanette O’Hare is the only child of privileged suburban parents, earnestly studying and earning high grades, scoring goals and breaking records on her high school soccer team.

The Ramblers is populated with a cast of requisite women’s lit characters—thirty-something best friends since college; a rich, romantic older lover; a hunky, artistic, rebounding divorced

It is November 9th, the day before Fallon is upending her life to relocate from California to New York by herself.

Optimist Libby Miller’s life takes an unimaginable terrifying turn. On the very day she learns she has a life-threatening illness, her husband, Tom, reveals a marriage-ending secret.

Joe O’Brien is a proud Irishman who prizes and protects what’s important in his life—his “bride” Rosie, four mostly-grownup children, and being a cop in Boston.

“. . . the writing and storytelling compelled the suspension of disbelief and acceptance of the unimaginable.

“. . . like having a writing coach in the palm of your hand.”

“. . . a heartbreaking read.”

Readers who devoured Erica Bauermeister’s The School of Essential Ingredients will be happy to rediscover some familiar characters in The Lost Art of Mixing.

“This story of a young girl’s survival could easily be overly sentimental, but never is. The promise of this memoir’s early pages and what lingers when the story is finished is Ms.

“At its core this is the story of an adult looking back at her parents’ choices and trying to make sense of ‘how people with their kind of talent, charm, intelligence and privileged backgro

“All three teens have family secrets. . . . They also learn that disappointment and grief can transform into hope when you have love and good friends.”

What do you do with the news that your wife’s brain tumor is terminal and she has nine months to live?

The current recession sets the backdrop for Where I Belong, Gwendolyn Heasley’s debut novel.

You Already Know How to Be Great reaches beyond coaches to managers, human resource professionals, teachers, parents—anyone whose role requires them to give performance feedback or periodi