My new book "The Overloaded Consumer: Shopping, Investing, Parenting, and Other Daily Dilemmas in an Age of Political Activism" has just been published -- and among other things, look at my analysis of BP. Also, if you're in Northern Calif., I hope you can come to my book reading at Book Passage in Corte Madera, 1 pm, June 15.

My new book "The Overloaded Liberal: Shopping, Investing, Parenting, and Other Daily Dilemmas in an Age of Political Activism" will be published in April -- and if you're in New York City, please come to my book signing at Barnes & Noble, Seventh Ave at 6th St., Park Slope / Brooklyn, April 7, at 7:30 pm.

Sheryl has contributed to the December 2009 "Chicken Soup for the Soul" anthology, "True Love." Her story "The Value of a Good Husband" can be found on pp. 215-217. The "True Love" volume's foreword was written by figure skating star Kristi Yamaguchi and includes over 70 authors.