Phyllis Smith

An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town’s ...

The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, ...

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in ...

Riley, now 12, is hanging out at home with her parents in San Francisco when potential trouble comes knocking: a boy shows up at the door.

A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job ...

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there’s one ...