A biography of Benjamin Franklin highlighting his inventions, his newspaper and almanac, his work on the Declaration of Independence, and his diplomatic trips to England and France on behalf of the colonies.
I began my career as a free-lance journalist, writing a great many articles for the New York Times Magazine and the New York Times Book Review. My first book, Body, Mind, Behavior, was a collection of essays - New York Times articles, for the most part.
Then, one day, I began leafing through a book on the subject of women and depression. The statistics were astonishing - in every study done, world-wide, there were at least 2 depressed women to every man and sometimes 5 women to every man. So I decided to go beyond the statistics, and talk to women. The result of that work was Unfinished Business: Pressure Points in the Lives of Women. To everyone's surprise, and certainly to my own - the book became an instant New York Times best seller.
After that book, and its paperback version, were behind me, I got to work on a book on couples; this became Intimate Partners, Patterns in Love and Marriage. In that instance, I hit the jackpot once again, for that book was on the New York Times bestsellers list for several months, and the paperback was a best seller as well.
These books were followed by a book on families, Intimate Worlds; How Families Thrive and Why they Fail. My next work was on the subject of trauma. It was called Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: the Body/Mind Connection. My most recent book is September Songs; the Bonus Years of Marriage, which focuses on couples over fifty. When I began my research and interviews for that book, I realized how little was known about these older adults - the huge number of folks in their fifties and sixties - who represent the leading edge of the baby boom. What's next? I'm just beginning work on a book about remarriage!
On a more personal level, I'm married to a Professor of Economics at Yale and am the mother of three grown daughters..
