Lauren Kessler

Everything Changes Everything is a story about facing what we’d rather avoid, about the wounds we carry, hide, and—sometimes—heal. It’s about the privilege of choosing hardship, the grace of temporary friendship, the solace of kindred spirits, and the power of movement to unstick what’s stuck.

Ninety-five percent of the millions of American men and women who go to prison eventually get out. What happens to them? A gripping and empathetic work of reportage, Free reveals what awaits the hundreds of thousands who are released from prison every year....

In this age of lunchtime lifts, wrinkle-erasing injections, furrow fillers, and lip plumpers, there’s no question that anyone who aims to look younger easily can....

Stubborn Twig is the true story of immigrants making their way in a new land, a moving saga about the promise and perils of becoming an American....

Pancho Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and countless lovers. She outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican Army....