Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

When American expat Pamela Druckerman starts her family in Paris, several things immediately become apparent: while she and other expats are looking exhausted and overwhelmed, the French mothers she encounters look amazing and calm. The French children in restaurants are typically patient and well-mannered. Informal chats with French acquaintances reveal even more: French children tend to start

The Baker’s Daughter

Reba Adams is working as a journalist in El Paso, Texas. Running as far as she can from her troubled family back on the east coast, Reba wants nothing more than to make it as a journalist in a big city, and El Paso is just a stop on her way to the top. The

Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone

Me, five years ago, Times Square: I’m spending the night on the sidewalk, under a massive Mamma Mia! billboard. It’s raining, I’m completely soaked, and I’m freezing my butt off in the -2° wind chill. The next 24 hours are a very cold blur, but a few things are certain: I get one of the

The Condition

After reading (and falling hard for) Jennifer Haigh’s Faith last year, I knew I’d have to seek out all of her other works. Luckily I didn’t have to wait too long, and my second foray into her work was every bit as engaging as I’d hoped it would be. The Condition begins in 1976 with

Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal

At the age of twenty-nine, Conor Grennan left his job to travel around the world for a year. His plan was to spend a few months taking care of orphans in rural, war-torn Nepal. After that, party time. But the more time Grennan spent at the Little Princes Children’s Home, the more attached he began