“Page Flipping” is Madame Noire‘s weekly column on books. Stay tuned for more topics, comment or write us at [email protected] if you have suggestions! Lori L. Tharps explores race, class, child ...

My puppy Huxley was having separation anxiety bad! My upstairs neighbor said to me, your dog sure misses you when you go out! (I think she was frustrated with his crying and barking.) I created a life ...

"Substitute Me" by Lori L. Tharps, 2010, Atria, $15/$17 Canada, 343 pages plus extras: You hate leaving your kids. It’s not that you don’t want a break from them sometimes, because you need that for ...