A prolific writer and blogger, Ruth Pennebaker has also contributed to the New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, Redbook, and other publications. Her adult fiction debut, Women on the Verge stars divorcEe Joanie Pilcher. Already stressed to the limit, Joanie's life is further complicated when her now cash-strapped mother comes to live with her and her teenaged daughter. 'Pennebaker's effort delivers right through to its hopeful but realistic conclusion.'-Publishers Weekly