As a reader of "TART," you may have come for the promise of unabashed shagging and haute cuisine, but stay for the writing, which is crisp and unapologetic, a hard dive into an excess of just about everything. “I’m a greedy person at my core,” our protagonist writes right up front. “I don’t want my job to be a means to an end; I want ...Read more

Annie Guest, a lawyer, mental health therapist and family caregiver renovated her home and recharged her life. Her debut book, "Design for Your Mind: How a Family Caregiver and Mental Health Therapist Renovated Her Home to Recharge Her Life—and Didn’t Break the Bank," is far more than a home makeover story.

An uplifting blend of memoir and ...Read more

A woman once emailed to invite me to join her book club for lunch at a country club in Malibu. She offered to reserve a parking spot for me near the front door. It was a lovely gesture, but it would have been a 2,100-mile drive.

The trip would have taken four days, maybe five. I stop a lot for Diet Cokes.

Another reader wrote expressing ...Read more