My Girl Adventures with a Teen in Training

In an inspiring and intimate memoir, the mother of a teenage girl debunks the prevailing assumption that adolescence is inevitably miserable.

Karen Stabiner is a journalist who writes about food, health, and family issues. Some of her previous books include Family Table, a two-year collaboration with James Beard award-winning Michael Romano; the novel Getting In, a comic look at the college admissions sweepstakes; My Girl: Adventures with a Teen in Training, a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Award; and All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why It Matters.

She is a regular contributor to The Los Angeles Times' Opinion section, and her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Los Angeles Magazine, and The New Yorker. She lives in New York City with her family.