The Defiant Middle Patti DeLano Brian recounts their stories and

Brian recounts their stories and throws in 'cameos' of such diverse visiting luminaries as Harry Houdini

and reveals the truer idea that exists at the intersection of myth and reality

psychiatric nursing

including eating disorders

Thomas the Apostle in Chicago

The Defiant Middle Patti DeLano Brian recounts their stories andFor every woman, from the young to those in midlife and beyond, who has ever been told, "You can't" and thought, "Oh, I definitely will!" this book is for you. Women are expected to be many things. They should be young enough, but not too young; old enough, but not too old; creative, but not crazy; passionate, but not angry. They should be fertile and feminine and self reliant, not barren or butch or solitary. Women, in other words, are caught between