Meet Margot  Miyake. She and her husband, Ian, are living in tight quarters in the Washington, D.C. area while trying to purchase their dream  home. But it's a seller's market, and they keep getting outbid. Margot, who is 37 years old, is also struggling with getting pregnant. She wants it all and believes she deserves to have it all. When the perfect home is about to come on the market, Margot is determined to ensure that it becomes hers. And she'll do anything to get it. An

Following the death of her mother in 2020 at the age of 96, a uthor Gish Jen started writing a memoir about Loo Shu-Hsin (Agnes), with whom she had a difficult relationship. However, since her mother rarely spoke about her childhood in Shanghai, the memoir evolved into an autobiographical novel. Loo was born in 1925 into a large, affluent family. Her mother showed little regard or affection for Loo despite being a bright girl. After college, Loo was permitted to travel to the

If you've seen  Almost Famous , you have an idea of who Cameron Crowe is. While the film is a fictionalized version of his early life, this delightful memoir,  The Uncool , tells the true story of the remarkably talented Crowe. Most of the book focuses on Crowe's teenage and early adult years as a rock journalist. Growing up in California, his sisters instilled in him a love for music, and Crowe went from being a fan to writing about the musicians he came to love. Amazingly,

Gwen Tanner is employed at a financial services company. In her free time, she enjoys using the pottery wheel at Painting Pots. She leads a quiet life, avoiding close relationships. That's because Gwen is not her real name; she is actually Marin Haggerty. At the age of nine, her father, serial killer Abel Haggerty, was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Her mother, Reanne, was found guilty of aiding and abetting him. Two decades later, her mother is released