Books
The Tiffany Box, a memoir
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Through treasured emails, letters and diary entries, Kathleen Buckstaff recreates her life as a mother of young children. We follow her as she gets her first big break writing for the Los Angeles Times about her children, her husband and their dog, Rosie. Kathleen’s stories hit home with many readers and the Los Angeles Times offers her a sweet deal to pen more columns. Writing with a rare and honest voice, Kathleen shares moments such as trying on foam bellies in a maternity dressing room, her children tricking the tooth fairy and using chocolate to bribe her mother to babysit. Then, unexpectedly, her vibrant mother becomes ill, and Kathleen must learn how to be a mother to her own mom.
Kathleen shows the humor, hard work, insanity, love and joy that are involved in being a mother and a caretaker. This is a book full of wisdom and insight into how to live life well.
The Tiffany Box was originally a one-woman show and Kathleen performed the play to sold-out theaters in San Francisco, Phoenix and NYC.
Mother Advice
In Mother Advice To Take With You To College: Humor, Inspiration and Wisdom To Go, Kathleen Buckstaff, former Los Angeles Times humor columnist, and mother of three, shares wise and humorous illustrations and stories that are full of truth and love. This is a book parents will want to read long before their children leave home. It is also a book every college bound student will want to memorize. A perfect gift for any parent or graduate.
Get Savvy: Letters to a Teenage Girl about Sex and Love
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Amazon’s Hot New Release: #1 Parenting Teen Girls, #1 Women’s Sexual Health, #1 Abuse Self Help, #1 Sacred Sexuality, #1 Health Teaching Materials
When her own daughter was 16, Kathleen Buckstaff, author and former Los Angeles Times columnist, developed severe stomach pain and within a few months lost 30 pounds. Doctors eventually determined she was suffering from PTSD. As she reviewed her old journals, Kathleen had to face painful truths.
Decades earlier, on a winter night at a prestigious New England boarding school, two teenage girls compared secret seduction letters male teachers had written them. Kathleen kept a journal and recorded the events that followed. The other, years later, took her own life.
When Kathleen discovered the two teachers were still teaching, she felt obligated to do everything possible to protect current students.