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" The Breaking Point] suggests that the national conversation is about to have a hot flash. The passage through middle age of so large a clump of women . . . guarantees that some rules may have to be rewritten and boundaries moved to accommodate them." --Time magazine

From the cover of Time to Desperate Housewives, the phenomenon of women in midlife experiencing a period of tumultuous personal upheaval--a breaking point--has reached a peak in our culture. Today, more than 15 million baby boomer women report having a midlife crisis compared to 14...

High Country Summers considers the emergence of the "summer home" in Colorado's Rocky Mountains as both an architectural and a cultural phenomenon. It offers a welcome new perspective on an often-overlooked dwelling and lifestyle. Writing with affection and insight, Melanie Shellenbarger shows that Colorado's early summer homes were not only enjoyed by the privileged and wealthy but crossed boundaries of class, race, and gender. They offered their inhabitants recreational and leisure experiences as well as opportunities for individual re-invention--and they helped shape both the...

Angel Elizabeth Brady is just seven years old when her life takes a terrible turn. When she loses both her parents on the same day in two separate tragedies, she sadly decides that love makes everything painful.

Years later, Angel is diligently working toward a master's degree in Psychology when she decides to transform her boring image and go clubbing with her friend, Shelly. But when she and Shelly are ambushed outside the club by determined thugs, the two girls unwillingly become victims of human trafficking. After she takes desperate measures to escape her horrifying fate and...