TABLE OF CONTENTS

On the Home Front with a “Type A” Television Reporter
Amanda Lamb, 38, Cary, North Carolina

Named “One of the South’s Best Writers Not on the Bestseller List”
Crystal Wilkinson, 41, Bloomington, Indiana

Life after College
Jennifer Foth, 23, Lauderdale, Minnesota

Ranked Tenth in the Pro Rodeo World Standings
Jolee Lautaret, 29, Kingman, Arizona

When Love Comes Full Circle
Connie Linnell Ambrose-Gates, 79, Northwood, New Hampshire

The First Female Firefighter in the FDNY
Brenda Berkman, 52, Brooklyn, New York

The Only Brothel Madam Who was Never a Working Girl
Laraine Harper, 48, Las Vegas, Nevada

NASA Astronaut
Cady Coleman, 43, Houston, Texas

Life and Love in La-La Land
Kristin Banta-Bland, 31, Los Angeles, California

“Bubby”
Nadine Goldman, 65, Baltimore, Maryland

Baghdad Beth
Beth Garland, 42, Sierra Vista, Arizona

Nursing Home Resident
Marie Colwill, 87, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Foreign Correspondent
Ayla Jean Yackley, 32, Istanbul, Turkey

Eternal Optimist Working Two Jobs
Paige Balter, 28, Portland, Oregon

Thirty-Two Years at the General Motors Plant
Peggy B. Potts, 52, Douglasville, Georgia

Co-owner, VirginBush Safaris
Cindi Crain, 35, Nairobi, Kenya

“Parte de la diáspora cubana”
Virginia Cueto, 47, Miami, Florida

Nearing Retirement and Taking Stock
Dona Crowe, 65, Louisville, Kentucky

Diary of a Misfit Housewife
Melissa Summers, 30, Royal Oak, Michigan

Tuned in, Turned on, Dropped out…and Came Back
Laurie Stewart, 55, New York, New York

Seventy-five Miles to the Hospital, Three Times a Week
Doris J. Underwood, 66, Berryville, Arkansas

Takeoffs and Landings
Kitty Thurnheer, 38, Ithaca, New York

A Refugee Helping Refugees
Adeeba Sulaiman, 43, Atlanta, Georgia

Riot Grrrl Grows Up
Cathy de la Cruz, 23, Athens, Georgia

Executive Producer of “The Sopranos”
Robin Green, 58, New York, New York

Mother Hen
Jenee Guidry, 30, Houston, Texas

Sister of the Holy Cross
Dorothy Anne Cahill, 91, Kensington, Maryland

Saving the World from Boring Shoes
Ashley Dearborn, 29, New York, New York

A Medical Secretary With a Motto
Faizbano Rayani, 51, Stafford, Texas

Waiting for Her Dream Job
Lethia Cobbs, 36, Long Beach, California

Exotic Dancer
Lisa Oppedyk, 25, Portland, Oregon

First Petty Officer, USS “Kearsarge”
Ellen Jean Lynch, 38, Kearney, Nebraska

Resilient, Even as a Kid
Roberta Blain, 57, Eden, Utah

Eleven Number-One Hits on the Country Music Charts
Rosanne Cash, 49, New York, New York