There is a pivotal sea change happening in children’s development. The age of puberty has been trending earlier for decades. Bullying doesn’t just happen on the playground, but over text and DM. Couple earlier puberty with ill-equipped, developing brains and the onslaught of new media and stressors that never existed when we were kids, and it’s clear that parents need a new guide to raise this new generation. Dr. Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler knows firsthand how challenging these years can be—yet she also recognizes that this is a tender age and pivotal opportunity to connect with your child before adolescence. She masterfully unlocks the enigma surrounding modern puberty and offers evidence-based strategies, interventions, and answers to middle childhood’s most perplexing questions and concerns. She is an acclaimed expert on children's mental health and has been featured in such national media as The Today Show, CNN Headline News, The Katie Couric Show, and The Doctors. She has contributed to or been interviewed by The NY Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Time, Parents, Elle, Better Homes and Gardens and more.

Jo, a driven environmental attorney based in Washington, DC, and Lauren, a spirited young woman from Britain on a journey of self-discovery, find themselves in a serendipitous encounter at a lively London pub in 1981. Their brief yet profound connection generates a whirlwind of emotions, but the vast ocean, Jo's career aspirations, and immigration hurdles thwart their burgeoning romance. Fast-forward 22 years, and Lauren and her partner travel from Europe to visit Jo in her San Francisco home. The reunion is electric, rekindling a storm of emotions neither can suppress. Old passions can’t be denied, leading to dramatic confrontations and painful revelations. Jo and Lauren are irresistibly drawn to each other. But there is no country in which they can legally live together. Patricia Grayhall is a medical doctor and an award-winning author. She completed residencies in internal medicine and occupational/environmental medicine, as well as an MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Charlotte “Charlie” Hastings never missed her mother. But when her late father visits her in a dream and reveals the letters her mother had written to him over the years, she begins yearning for a connection she never desired to make. Reeling from a mix of emotions, she embarks on a soul-searching cross-country journey to California to find the mother she thought she never needed. Anna Gomez, an award-winning Asian American author brings us along on this emotional trip guided by letters left behind by her late father, unraveling her family's past and confronting the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship shaped by distance. Along for the ride: a mysteriously charming hitchhiker who challenges her to open her heart in ways she never expected. Gomez has worked in development for film/TV and featured in People, Variety, and Publishers Weekly.