By Lindsey Shay | Contributor In Journey to Justice, we’re given a futuristic insight on a post-global-warming world. Following Spider and Ruby through their fast-paced adventures, Haas provides an encapsulating introduction to climate change and environmental justice that is smart, engaging and entertaining for all ages. Review: In his first book-length…
By Sheryl Lilly Pidgeon Several years back I wrote a piece about the positive lessons we can learn from our pets. Yesterday, our sweet, funny, gregarious, loyal, beloved Labrador Retriever Aspen lost her valiant battle with cancer. So today, I offer up a few more PAWS-itive life lessons that I…
By Erin Kodicek | Contributor, May 21, 2021 You know her as one of the stars of two of TV’s most popular dramas, ER and The Good Wife. Julianna Margulies displays the same vulnerability and courage on the page as she does on-screen in her memoir, Sunshine Girl, which chronicles her unconventional, and challenging, upbringing….
BOOK REVIEW AND Q & A WITH AUTHOR KELLY FUHLMAN By Sheryl Lilly Pidgeon From dyslexia, drug addiction, and trauma, there were many times when author, Kelly Fuhlman didn’t think she would make it. Even in times of great success, she still felt lost. Through her candid journey, Kelly shares how to…
Book Review: Generational Lessons from Dad By Sheryl Lilly Pidgeon | Editor-in-Chief, Good Life Family Magazine You immediately are drawn in to Brian Baleno’s memoir, which begins as the 27-year-old’s life is forever altered by a 5 A.M. phone call. His love of and commitment to family is abundantly clear…
By Laura Bull | Contributor Ten years ago, I had no idea what I would be doing today. I had just left my corporate gig at the tail end of the Great Recession and had opened my consultancy firm without a single client. It was a scary yet liberating…
By Andrea Peskind Katz | Contributor For many of us, there’s nothing quite like getting lost in a good book. Reading can transport us to another world, providing escape from life’s everyday stresses, at least temporarily. Here are my suggestions for new books I hope you will enjoy as…
By Tricia White | Managing Editor Even Netflix eventually runs out of interesting things to binge on. Now is the perfect time to encourage your kids to crack a book that has nothing to do with school assignments. Here are a few suggestions: Teens/Young Adults An Ember in the…
By Andrea Peskind Katz | Contributor Books to Transport You This Spring Break Historical Fiction The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz Two years after Grace Kelly’s royal wedding, her iconic dress is still all the rage in Paris—and one replica, and the secrets it carries, will inspire three generations…