Ever since the first day broke, men and women have squabbled about food. It started in Eden — over a single piece of fruit. In today’s supermarkets, with thousands of foods to choose from, this age-old battle of the sexes has only intensified. I married when I was 19 years old, and within 24 hours, [...]

Aslan’s death so filled their minds that they hardly thought of it…. And down they both knelt in the wet grass and kissed his cold face and stroked his beautiful fur — what was left of it — and they cried till they could cry no more. And then they looked at each other and [...]

A new book by Elizabeth Marquardt offers a child’s-eye-view of divorce. REVIEW OF: Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce by Elizabeth Marquardt (Crown 288 pp.; $24.9) A generation of children of divorce has grown up. They have a story to tell. It’s not the story you might find in books like [...]

One night when I was in high school, my mom came into my room to tell me that my friend Sara’s father had died. I didn’t know what to do, so I called another friend who had recently lost her father. She said, “Get in your car and go over there.” So that’s what I [...]

“You have no idea how bad it is in New Orleans,” my brother said as we gazed up at the star-filled Mississippi sky with 3-year-old Anna between us. “Tell me,” I said, “But choose words carefully as to not frighten little ears.” “Well,” he said, “They’ve been herding people onto the freeways because they’re still [...]