Lauren Kessler
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"95 percent of the men and women who go to prison are eventually released. But then what? A gripping work of immersion reporting for readers of Evicted and Maid, Free shines a spotlight on the rollercoaster of re-entry: the exuberance of freedom, the rules and regulations that make you feel like you're still in prison, the often dispiriting work of looking for employment and housing, and more. Veteran reporter Lauren Kessler follows six individuals...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
Description
One journalist's surprisingly hopeful in-the-trenches look at Alzheimer's, the disease that claimed her mother's life. Like many loved ones of Alzheimer's sufferers, Lauren Kessler was devastated by the disease that seemed to turn her mother into another person before claiming her life altogether. To deal with the pain of her loss, and to better understand the confounding aspects of living with this disease, Kessler enlisted as a caregiver at a facility...
Author
Publisher
Balance
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
"A gutsy, no-holds-barred immersion journalist, Lauren Kessler has explored everything from the gritty world of a maximum security prison to the grueling world of professional ballet; from the wild, wild west of the anti aging movement to the hidden world of Alzheimer's sufferers. But nothing prepared her for the kind of story no one wants to experience: her beloved husband's illness and his planned death in their living room. And eight months later,...
