Janice Kaplan

"Decorator to the stars" Lacy Fields has it all: a thriving business, a wealthy husband ("plastic surgeon to the stars"), and three well-adjusted children. Her perfect Beverly Hills world goes topsy-turvy, however, when husband Dan is arrested for the murder of a makeup girl (and wannabe actress), whom he claims not to know. Lacy trusts him completely and plans to stand by her man, but when certain clues emerge showing that Dan might not have been...

Even in this time of rethinking women's roles, we define genius almost exclusively through male achievement. When asked to name a genius, people mention Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and Steve Jobs. As for great women? In one survey, the only female genius anyone listed was Marie Curie. Janice Kaplan, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gratitude Diaries, set out to determine why the extraordinary work of so many women has been brushed...

In a powerful and intimate memoir, Jackie Hance shares her story of unbearable loss, darkest despair, and-slowly, painfully, and miraculously-her cautious return to hope and love.Until the horrific car accident on New York States Taconic Parkway that took the lives of her three beloved young daughters, Jackie Hance was an ordinary Long Island mom, fulfilled by the joyful chaos of a household bustling with life and chatter and love. After the tragedy,...