Jill Brooke

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HOW HAIR DYE SAVES THE DAY

I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMANBY NORA EPHRON ALFRED A. KNOPF, 139 PAGES, $19.95 WE have Nora Ephron to thank for this wonderful...

ANTI-SHOPPING HANDBOOK

NOT BUYING IT: MY YEAR WITHOUT SHOPPINGBY JUDITH LEVINE FREE PRESS, 288 PAGES, $25 AFTER "tapping the ATM like an Iraqi guerrilla pulling crude from the pipeline" and lamenting holiday...

THE FIGHTER ROOSEVELT

WHEN TRUMPETS CALL: THEODORE ROOSEVELT AFTER THE WHITE HOUSEBY PATRICIA O'TOOLE SIMON & SCHUSTER, 494 PAGES, $30 ONE look at Mount Rushmore and it's obvious Theodore Roosevelt's presence looms large...

LET YOUR GRIEVING PALS KEEP HOPING

What can you say to a friend whose husband, whose wife, whose child is missing in the rubble? Is it kinder to say, "Let go?" Or to encourage your friend...

HOW TO USE YOUR GRIEF TO BEGIN THE HEALING

YOU'RE allowed to be mad. You're allowed to be pissed. But don't let your anger marinate into destructive behavior. Find ways to channel it effectively and patriotically. The city is...