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5 things we learned from reading a former nanny’s memoir about working for the megarich

Robert De Niro often got to skip the line at school pickup, the author spills.
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I’m rediscovering the magic of ‘Sweet Valley Twins’ through my 9-year-old daughter

Reading the books together each night has been an incredible bonding experience — and a reminder that some parts of adolescence never change. 

How romance novels got me through the grief of my double mastectomy

Authors didn't punish the women in their books for wanting to feel sexual and love their bodies. They validated their feelings and in doing so, validated mine.
Ellie Palmer
Ellie Palmer

Alice Munro’s daughter controversy: Inside the accusations rocking the literary world

Andrea Robin Skinner, Munro's daughter, alleged her mother stayed with her husband after learning he had sexually abused her.
Alice Munro speaks to the media as she receives her Man Booker International award
Alice Munro speaks to the media as she receives her Man Booker International award

Refresh your summer reading lists with the season’s top picks

Romance, thriller, memoirs and more! Bestselling author Emily Giffin joins TODAY to share this season’s top picks to add to your summer reading list. She also shares the plot of her new book "The Summer Pact" which comes out next week.
Refresh your summer reading lists with the season’s top picks
Refresh your summer reading lists with the season’s top picks

I told him he was too short for me. Then we fell in love

Eight years after losing Jim, I still think of him every time I see the Blue Angels in the sky.
collage of womans hand measuring the height of a man from the back
collage of womans hand measuring the height of a man from the back

It's not like I wanted a dad anyway, right?

I told myself I didn’t care that I grew up without a father. As an adult, I know the truth isn’t so simple.