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Published September 13, 2016
Here are a few recent book titles by alumnae whose expertise might be just what you were looking for.
CAREER
Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It
Dorie Clark ’97
Portfolio, Penguin’s business imprint
The Experiential Guide to Law Practice Management: Owning and Operating Your Own Firm
Lynne Adair Kramer ’73 and Ann L. Nowak
Carolina Academic Press
Boredom in the Classroom: Addressing Student Motivation, Self-Regulation, and Engagement in Learning
Gayle Macklem MA ’67
Springer
The Silicon Valley Guide to Becoming a 6-Figure Marketing Consultant
Alison Ginsburg Sokoloff ’86
Amazon ebook
FAMILY
Feed Your Vegetarian Teen: A Practical Guide to Serving Easy Meals the Whole Family Will Enjoy
Donna Feldman (Donna Psiaki Feldman ’73)
CreateSpace 2016
Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking About What They See
Megan Dowd Lambert ’96
Charlesbridge
Science for Parents: A Guide to Teaching Children About the Natural World
Karla Talanian (Karla Kopczynski Talanian ’85)
CreateSpace
Permission to Parent: How to raise your child with love and limits
Robin Berman Rothstein MSW ’72
Harper
HOBBIES
Get Started Quilting: The Complete Beginner Guide
Jessica Alexandrakis (Jessica Hastings Alexandrakis ’01)
Interweave
WELL-BEING
This Is Cancer: Everything You Need to Know from the Bedroom to the Waiting Room
Laura Holmes Haddad ’97
Seal Press
Addiction Is the Symptom: Heal the Cause and Prevent Relapse with 12 Steps That Really Work
Rosemary Ellsworth Brown (Rosemary Brown AC ’89)
Algorithm Books
The ABCs of Staying Young
Roswitha Leuthold McIntosh ’55
CreateSpace
FINANCES
Funded! How I Leveraged My Passion to Live a Fulfilling Life and How You Can Too
Lucy Gent Foma ’09
Morgan James Publishing
FOOD
Well Read, Well Fed: A Year of Great Reads and Simple Dishes for Book Groups
Marcia F. Brown ’75
Sellers Publishing
Bistronomy: Recipes from the Best New Paris Bistros
Jane Sigal ’80; foreword by Patricia Wells
Rizzoli
The Soup Club Cookbook: Feed Your Friends, Feed Your Family, Feed Yourself
Courtney Allison ’95, Tina Carr, Caroline Laskow and Julie Peacock
Clarkson Potter
This story appears in the Fall 2016 issue of the Smith Alumnae Quarterly.
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Life Hacks
Life hacks and other secrets of modern life from alumnae experts.
The Instagram account that Shirley Braha ’04 created for her 14-year-old Shih Tzu, Marnie, has attracted 2 million followers, along with love from celebs including Taylor Swift and James Franco. She shares a few of her social media secrets.
Devin Alexander ’93 is the author of eight cookbooks, including The Biggest Loser Cookbook, a New York Times best-seller. She offers advice on making better choices with your diet—and with yourself.
Take a Better Sunset Photo with Your iPhone
The awe-inspiring colors of the setting sun over a city skyline, a beach or even just a thicket of suburban rooftops fill us with the urge to capture their fleeting beauty. So why is it so hard to duplicate the majesty of these experiences with our iPhones?
“Cameras are stupid,” says professional photographer Julia Hoggson Vandenoever ’96. “They’re machines. Good pictures are the result of the person behind the camera.” Here are her tips for taking perfect sunset photos on your phone.
Lynn Fantom ’75 is co-founder and chairman emeritus at ID Media.
Buy Amazing, Planet-Friendly Chocolate
Simran Sethi ’92 is the author of Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love.
Don’t Be Intimidated by Weighty Restaurant Wine Lists
Esther Mobley ’11 is a wine, beer and spirits writer at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Holly Horning ’83 is an image and branding consultant and coach.
Decluttering can be a big job, but Ellen Rubin Delap ’80, president-elect of the National Association of Professional Organizers, says a few simple principles can help you better manage your belongings.
Bibi Gnagno ’07 is the program coordinator at Duke University’s Women’s Center.
Tell Your Family History Through Food
Photos are one way to preserve favorite family memories, but Carole Murko ’83, founder of Heirloom Meals, says it can be just as powerful to record our family history through the recipes, rituals and stories linked to shared meals. Here, she shows us how.
Mary Asmundson Dunbar ’64 ran her first marathon in 2009 at age 67. In 2013, she qualified for the Boston Marathon. She hopes to finish in the top three of her age group at the 2017 Boston Marathon. She has a few winning ideas about setting goals.
Cynthia Green ’83, founder of Total Brain Health and author of Your Best Brain Ever, shares strategies to help you remember the name of the person you just met.
Create a Touch of Smith at Home
Next time you organize a mini-reunion, consider serving a familiar and beloved treat from the Campus Center Café: the Smith Mudslide.
Lee Ramos Locust ’76 is information security program leader at Synchrony Financial.
Confidence can get you everywhere, and Susan Ford Collins ’62, president of the company Technology of Success and author of The Joy of Success, focuses on two key principles.