Patty Friedmann’s An Organized Panic takes the reader inside the workings of many families, but in this particular family the protagonists have no reason to suffer financially or spiritually from the power Ronald wields. Despite this, Cesca submits to the pressure he exerts after their...

Patty Friedmann's One Knife, One Fork, One Spoon is the story of a woman's troubled family life and the mistakes she makes along the way. Renna Newman's humdrum life with her husband, Richard, a lawyer, and their four children hit a snag when, one day,...