I am a member of the book group covered in this book, which is a collection of our group's favorite luncheon meeting recipes, photos of us, a timeline of our lives during the ten years that we have been meeting, a list of the books we've read, and a list of each of our favorite books, plus some commentary. I am a retired journalist - among several careers - and I live in Los Angeles and in Maine. I am married with two grown sons, and I graduated from Duke University and from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.