From Elisa's first memory, trust was a gift bestowed by nature, not humans. Sexual abuse by her step grandfather and her grandmother's strange compulsion to call her a murderer haunted her from earliest childhood. Only in the wild was she able to find solace. At twelve, in a deep canyon beside the American River, she created her own theory on how to be human. After leaving home at sixteen, Elisa struggled to raise her son, go to college, and forge...

Before Big Love, before Eldorado, a groundbreaking memoir explored polygamy, not with outrage but with honesty and grace. In 1984, when polygamous groups knew little but the fear and pain of secrecy and hiding, Dorothy Allred Solomon, the twenty-eighth of forty-eight children, went public with her family's story. Descended from five generations of Mormon polygamy, Solomon evokes the fervor and dedication that bound the Allreds to "living the Principle."...

'You said I was the perfect boyfriend. If you can prove you really love me, perhaps I can be that way again.' This is the chilling true story of a woman trapped in a devastating relationship as she tries to prove her love - over and over again. Within days of spending their first evening together, Alice and Joe were talking about getting married and spending the rest of their lives with each other. Everything about Joe seemed perfect, and Alice...

Avoir un bébé quand cela ne vient pas naturellement, c'est la galère ! On n'apprendra rien à personne... Alors quand cela vous arrive, vous avez deux possibilités: voir les choses en noir ou, comme l'auteur, se dire qu'avec de l'humour et de la dérision cela passera mieux. Et voilà dans vos mains le récit amusant, drle et vrai d'un couple pas comme les autres, engagé dans une PMA (procréation médicalement assistée). Rien n'échappe à...

A loving duo are like two peas in a pod, and Lovebites illustrates the quirks, whimsies, isms, kinks, idiosyncrasies, eccentricities, peculiarities, and funny moments of life as a couple through the medium of food. From chocolate bars, marshmallows, and cupcakes, to hot chilies, pickles, and even sushi, Ben Joel Price brings together a delightful collection of sweet, silly, and a bit racy phrases for couples in any stage of infatuation. Price offers...

Downstairs the Queen Is Knitting is Dorcas Smucker's brand new chronicle of family life with six fast-growing up kids. Downstairs the Queen Is Knitting follows Dorcas' two earlier and beloved collections, "Upstairs the Peasants Are Revolting" and "Ordinary Days." The kids are a bit older now, and Dorcas and Paul's marriage is longer and deeper. But Dorcas sees with more disarming clarity than ever, and she writes piercingly about life on and off the...

"Cindy Ross is one of today's most eloquent and thoughtful writers on the connection between humans and the natural world."-Richard Louv, New York Times bestselling author The Log Cabin Years is the inspiring story of how award-winning author Cindy Ross and her husband, artist Todd Gladfelter-a young couple totally inexperienced in construction-built a log home using raw trees and without the use of power, how they recycled and used salvage to supplement...

A Caucasian housewife with a seemingly perfect marriage to a successful Asian American lawyer begins an affair with a Korean immigrant worker in order to get pregnant, after finding that her husband is unable to father children.

When a pop star plans to marry her fiancé onstage during one of her performances, she instead decides to marry a stranger from the audience.

The goal of parenting is to train your children to have slightly better manners than a dog. If you've achieved that by the end of day (or even if you've failed majestically trying), it is important to celebrate the little things. Like bedtime. And screw-top wine. And with Mommyfesto, by award-winning humor blogger Leanne Shirtliffe, you'll learn the nitty-gritty about what it means to be a real parent. Without resorting to stereotypical "poo and pee...