Rita Lakin was a pioneer a female scriptwriter in the early 1960s when Hollywood television was exclusively male. For years, in creative meetings, she was literally “the only woman in the room.” In this breezy but heartfelt remembrance, Lakin takes readers to a long-forgotten time when women were not considered ... more >
Fresh out of music college, Joanna Ransome hopes to forge a career as a singer. She’s touched and grateful for the help and interest of old Mr. Wilmore, who she feels she owes everything. He gets her off to a promising start, and soon enough she’s introduced to the great ... more >
After years of hard training Anna was ready to launch into a career in the world of music. Everything seemed to be going welt until family troubles forced her to turn down the chance of a lifetime to join a Canadian tour, organized by the dynamic Jonathan Keyne. But now ... more >
The evil had lasted two thousand years…and only love could break it’s spell. Henry and Thea felt an almost supernatural attachment to the Fens of East Anglia and to the woman who guided them there – Florence, Henry’s grandmother. The two were fascinated by her stories of Dark-Ages passions, murder ... more >
I arrived in the Alice at five a.m. with a dog, six dollars and a small suitcase full of inappropriate clothes. . . . There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns. For Robyn Davidson, one of these moments comes at age twenty-seven ... more >
“Abandoned by her father, C. is brought up by her domineering, intractable grandmother, whom she privately refers to as ‘The Broad’. Raised in the closed environs of a haveli in Jalalabad, C. is rebellious, quick-witted and a self-proclaimed cynic. So, when The Broad presents her with the ‘suitable’ Taimur ... more >