Though she once lambasted the ersatz holiday spirit of her Southern California childhood, expatriate Debra Ollivier thinks again after getting to know the ritual-heavy Christmas tradition in France.
Can you survive an insane mother with your own sanity intact? The latest in a spate of mad mom memoirs, Jacki Lyden's "Daughter of the Queen of Sheba" proves you can.
At least one town in America has decided to stop talking about Barbie and do something about her: In Montpelier, Vt., Barbie dolls have been banned from toy stores, birthday parties, even children's conversations.
She was a former prostitute and drug addict. She was infected with the AIDS virus. But Patti Radigan felt that motherhood could be her salvation. And a pioneering San Francisco clinic agreed to help her.
