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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Hey doc, the pain is worst in my wallet]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A document detailing our health care expenditures just arrived in the
mail.

“Shocking,” I said.

“You mean the cost of health care?” the husband asked.

“No — documentation that we are officially fixer-uppers.”

There it was, right ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Pinky Swear,' broken trust]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[""Pinky Swear" is another well-crafted story that will
have readers on edge as we follow a mother desperately seeking her
missing friend and her unborn child."

A baby’s on the way, but the mother goes missing…

Have you ever broken a promise?...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4062127</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trapped at sea: Survival and hard choices in Will Dean’s 'Adrift']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life is full of choices. A simple twist of fate can send someone
towards a winning lottery ticket or into a life filled with fear,
confusion and sadness. Life choices can also be a breeding ground for
resilience and determination. In the new novel...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4062126</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: The question that still lingers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a long-standing affection for courtroom dramas. “Perry
Mason” set the standard years ago. He’s still questioning witnesses,
introducing dramatic pieces of evidence, and consulting with Paul Drake
and Della Street in black and white, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4056386</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Southern Gothic mystery that knows what secrets cost]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When RJ Burnette returns to Gizzard’s Holler, he tells himself he
is coming home to regroup. New York City is behind him — the finance
career, the ambition, the version of success that looked good on paper
but felt increasingly hollow. With ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4055476</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Through snow and silence, love endures in 'Fireflies in Winter']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["Fireflies in Winter" is a vividly realistic historical
fiction by the author of "River Sing Me Home," Eleanor
Shearer. Set in 1796, the story revolves around a young Jamaican woman
named Cora, who is forced to leave her hometown of Trelawny Town ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4055475</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Introducing ink-redible grandmas]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grandma is close at heart. Literally. And permanently.

A picture was in this morning’s paper of a young man proudly
showing a tattoo of his beloved late grandma on his chest, along with a
quote from her.

Sweet. Very, very sweet.

Naturally, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4049553</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[6 thrillers where beautiful people make bad decisions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Money buys silence. Status buys patience … And reputation? Well,
that buys second chances. 

The following novels understand this all too well, and dismantle the
privileged systems without mercy. Set among rehab centers built to
protect the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4048544</link>
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    <pubDate>Mar/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Sometimes the reviews are fishy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this Age of Review and Return, almost 93% of all shoppers read
reviews before making a purchase. Even though we review before we buy,
we often return the purchase after it arrives.

There was a time when returns were a rarity. Oh, there were
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4042928</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When forgiveness fails, vengeance thrives in Caroline Glenn’s 'Cruelty Free']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[That uniquely magical moment when a novel knocks you flat and makes
you ask, “Did that really just happen?” The joy of reading a passage
multiple times to revisit the delightful insanity that liberates the
reader from their reality. 

In "...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4042020</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['The Seven Daughters of Dupree' weaves a haunting tapestry of Black womanhood]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nikesha Elise Williams starts the prologue of "The Seven
Daughters of Dupree" with a sentence so horrible readers will hope
it’s a metaphor for something less unthinkable. And then, as though
taking the hand of a reluctant child, Williams pulls ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4042019</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: The reason it's called HARDware]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can catch a plane, a ball, a cold and the flu, but the one thing I
can’t catch is home improvement skills.

I recently painted a small bathroom cabinet. The project took three
days, not including 11 trips to the big box hardware store.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4035376</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[M.L. Stedman’s 'A Far-Flung Life' is a sweeping saga of grief and enduran]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[What happens when your life falls apart? Not just once, but over and
over again? When you’re constantly reminded of your mistakes? When
there is no true way to atone for these mistakes?

In her first novel in over a decade, M.L. Stedman seeks to...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4034450</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A beautifully doomed love story in 'The Girl from Melodia']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["The Girl from Melodia" by Jonathan Toussaint is a literary
tragedy set in the early 1990s France and England against the backdrop
of the folk music scene, taking the reader from the gritty realism of
the Tulle Folk Festival to a claustrophobic ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4034449</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ashley Winstead’s 'The Future Saints' hits an emotional high note]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["The Future Saints" by Ashley Winstead is an ambitious
novel, expansive in its concerns: sisterhood and family, the highs and
lows of the music industry and the long-term consequences of mental
illness and addiction. The novel is at its strongest ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4034448</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: A blanket statement we can cover]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It happened at our oldest daughter’s place. I rang the bell, peeked
in the side window and saw an ill-defined, furry mass lumbering toward
the door.

My mind flashed back to my days in the Pacific Northwest when Bigfoot
sightings were common. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4027987</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Moms: Safe harbors: 6 books that explore second chances]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[These six novels delve into the complexities of the human heart,
exploring love, loss and the transformative power of redemption. 

From haunting journeys of trauma and healing to moral dilemmas,
unforgettable friendships and the weight of memory,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4027072</link>
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    <pubDate>Mar/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Behind the perfect porches, something deadly lurks in 'All the Little Houses']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first May Cobb book I’ve read, but it sure won’t be
the last – I’m hooked!

Cobb has received tremendous acclaim for her deliciously twisty
best-selling domestic thrillers in the past such as "The Hunting
Wives" which also went...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4027071</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Mid-winter and the garden is flourishing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our garden is always at its best in mid-winter when I nestle by a
cozy fire and linger over seed catalogs. I have yet to plant a single
seed into the ground, which is now granite.

As of Page 3 in the catalog that arrived two days ago, I have ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4020798</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Feb/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A glamorous facade cracks in Alyssa Sheinmel’s chilling mystery]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three intricately woven stories of addiction, resentment, and deceit
converge at an exclusive rehabilitation facility for the rich and
famous. The mysterious death of a patient threatens to expose the
troubled history of the treatment center, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4019644</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Feb/23/2026</pubDate>
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