The author relates the crisis she experienced when doctors diagnosed her 4-month-old child with meningitis and uses this story to show how, much like a hang glider, a person must go through a lot of t
Traces a San Francisco newspaper columnist's life experiences as evaluated during her late thirties, describing her relationships with her husband, children, and Irish-American father before and durin
"The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. Even when all the paperwork -- a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns -- clearly indicates