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ST. LOUIS — I showed up at the airport at 5 a.m. with a birthday wish.

One of my sisters has worked for an airline for nearly 30 years. A perk of the job allows her to share a buddy pass with a family member or friend willing to try for a standby seat on a flight. It costs a fraction of what I normally pay for an advance purchase fare.

I don...Read more

Q. My ex showed up at my birthday party with roses and wanting to get back together. I don’t want to. He cheated, I don’t trust him and I am done. We have a child and I am afraid if I don’t take him seriously, he will withhold my child and try to get sole custody. What’s good ex-etiquette?

A. Your co-parent crossed a boundary by ...Read more

I grew up when people wrote letters in longhand on pretty stationery. Going to the mailbox and finding a letter was a whiff of Christmas morning.

Many Sunday nights, as a young girl, I wrote to a great aunt who was a retired schoolteacher. You mind your p’s and q’s when you write to a teacher. She wrote wonderful letters back, often with ...Read more

"Westward Women" by Alice Martin breathes new life into the dystopian genre with a road trip that feels like a fever dream. The hypnotic writing takes you on the road with three incredible young women who embark on a journey of a lifetime, perhaps even their last. A mysterious outbreak is occurring throughout America, as young women are ...Read more

The classic immigrant story usually ends once the family finds its footing in America. In "Both Sides of the Same Coin," author Michael Weiner, MD, asks a deeper question: What happens next?

His novel begins in familiar territory — families fleeing famine, persecution and political upheaval — but it quickly expands into something larger: a ...Read more