The book is memoir of a domestic abuse survivor as told through her diary and life experiences. Part one shows what domestic abuse looks like and what it feels like. Part two covers the "hooks" that hold women in an abusive home and describes healing techniques. The third part centers on how to keep women and their children safe after they have escaped. In the forth part o the book the author shares the poem that grew out of her diary and life experiences. The goal of the book is to help w...

Television writer Tracy McMillan's comic literary road trip into the heart and soul of her relationship with her father—a convicted pimp, drug dealer, and felon—and what it has meant for her relationships with men. Like a cross between The Glass Castle and Hypocrite in a Poufy White Dress, I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway is funny, inspiring, and truly unique.

In her acclaimed books I Do. I Did. Now What?! and What Wendell Wants, Jenny Lee hilariously chronicled the milestones of getting married and getting a dog. Now she takes on the most terrifying milestone of all: getting older.Tackling everything from the peer pressure to have children to resisting the siren call of suburbia, Skinny Bitching delivers unsparingly witty commentary on:• What to do when you actually start breaking out again like you did in juni...

The star of Bravo's new comedy Odd Mom Out and author of The Ex Mrs. Hedgefund and Wolves in Chic Clothing firmly believes in Woody Allen's magical math equation: Comedy = Tragedy + Time. Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut is a delightful collection of essays and observations based on Jill Kargman's family, her phobias (vans, mimes, clowns), and her ability to use humor as a tool to get past life's obstacles, making the fun times funnier and the tough times bea...

Are you tired of being a human pillow, a substitute therapist, or someone else's back-up plan? Then this book is for you. Internet sensations The Wing Girls have helped millions of guys and girls around the world tackle what could be labeled as the worst dating epidemic of our time: The Friend Zone. This book will help you navigate your escape from a friendship laced with romantic tension with a personalized, step-by-step plan. Filled with dozens of real-world scenarios, not only will it p...

This good-humored, Generation-X inspired, illustrated "love dictionary" contains tongue-in-cheek slang terms for the different stages of love and dating, for body parts and common sexual experiences, ways of making up and breaking up, and the basic rules of play that every woman should know. 50 two-color illustrations.

When her son Solomon graduated from high school, Terry McMillan was asked to be the guest speaker at the commencement ceremony. Determined not to be dull or redundant, Terry thought back to when she was stepping out into the world for the first time and the things she wished people had told her. Printing up what she thought were the most important tips for these new graduates, Terry was surprised to find that not only were these homemade pamphlets a hit with the students, but their parents...

One day you log onto the computer and notice that your husband has a secret screen name: HotRod287. Next thing you know, black turtlenecks and a leather bomber jacket are his hip new signature look. And those long blonde hairs in his sports car? Sorry sweetie, but they're not from your golden retriever. Because they have dark roots - under your magnifying glass.Still Hot is a completely hilarious and saucy survival guide that takes you from the first inkling that your mar...

Virgin of Love is an insightful on the pain that love causes. A young girl who lives by her own strict rules emotionally falls for the wrong man. Trapped by his lies this book shows a story followed by a clean analysis of each situation in hopes others will learn from. It is a book for the world to see how love is abused for personal gain of others. It is a book of pain, hope, intuition and bravery to a new world unexplored by many. This book shows how crucial patience is when it comes to ...

Teachers: We've all seen them out and about in society. When I was little, I figured that their classrooms were like their own private little biospheres; I just didn't know where they slept. (I about fainted the first time I saw my teacher in a grocery store.) OK, so maybe they are just like everyone else, but what about special education teachers? Surely they aren't normal...right?

Some of the most priceless gifts can be discovered while waiting for something else.We all spend precious time just waiting. We wait in traffic, grocery store lines, and carpool circles. We wait to grow up, for true love, and for our children to be born. We even wait to die. But while we work hard at this business of living, life can sometimes feel like one long, boring meeting. Even today, with instant gratification at our techno-laced fingertips, we can’t escape ...

"He spills out a pile of pennies all over the table, telling me he fished through the couch for change to pay for his big night out."From the guy who chews on rocks to the one who has his mom tag along, Awful First Dates is filled with hilarious, cringe-worthy, holy-crap-did-that-really-happen?! stories from celebrities like Lauren Conrad and Michael Kors, you'll laugh, you'll cringe—and most importantly—you'll feel better about some of the date's you've been on!He at...