A Conversation with Cathy Alter

Cathy Alter's closest friend told her that their relationship was over if she didn't make some changes -- so she wrote a book. That's simplistic, but pretty accurate. Alter knew that she had exhausted the goodwill of everyone in her life and had to do something, so she came up with the idea of following the advice of a different woman's magazine in a different area of her life each month for a year.

From very small steps (learning how to properly wrap a sandwich) to big ones (meeting her boyfriend's mother), Alter doggedly sticks to her "program," and the results are astonishingly rich -- as unlike the glossy magazine fodder they're based on as possible. Enjoy meeting Cathy Alter here, and let us know what you think!