WARNING! This is not a memoir! These are actual e-mail updates sent by the Morgans while they endured their crisis. Have you received shocking news? Have you faced disappointment? Have you persevered, only to suffer one setback after another? Morgan Update: Please Forward will encourage you to press on. You will connect with the Morgans through the raw vulnerability of their story. You will struggle through their unanswered questions, and be empowered to ask your own. You will be inspired by their unwavering hope and, to your surprise, you may find hope for yourself as well. Join Karen as she asks: How could such a great guy end up in this awful situation? Will Wayne die at the age of 26? Will drastic measures need to be taken? What can a wife do as she watches her husband struggle? How will this chaos affect their two young children? Our family has endured so much. Will it ever end? Can anything good come out of this pain? Morgan Update: Please Forward will encourage anyone who has ever endured crisis. As you journey with the Morgans, you will find yourself bolstered to remain strong regardless of your circumstances. There is hope!

Ava and Gen are best friends. Ava knows what she wants and has plans to achieve her goals. Gen...not so much. But no matter how annoying, dramatic, or utterly bananas a 2 a.m. rant might get -- Ava has always been there for Gen and Gen for Ava. But then they graduated high school. Now, they're in the same time zone (although over a thousand miles apart), and in the real world, and it's the worst, but they still have each other's support. For relationships. Questionable roommates. Internships. And whether or not it's a good idea to take in a feral cat. Through their hilarious, sometimes emotional, conversations, Ava and Gen help each other navigate. But as the two of them start to change, will their friendship survive the distance? In Please Send Help, the hilarious new novel from the New York Times bestselling authors of I Hate Everyone But You, Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn perfectly capture the voice of young adults looking to find their place in the world, proving no matter how desperate things seem, your best friend is always there to reboot your life and send help.

Nelly Watts, writer for The Great Society Magazine had no idea what fate had in store for her when she accepted the job in Washington, DC. She was definitely looking forward to the opportunity to meet Alana Charleston, and a weekend in DC wasn't such a bad deal to boot. Ms. Charleston was a member of Washington, DC's elite, and Nelly couldn't wait to meet her. But Nelly never knew the secrets that this lovely city would reveal. No, she never even saw what was coming, and by the time it hit her she was running to catch up!

Bob Schwartz reminds us of the necessity, no matter how harried or confusing things are, to appreciate the humor in the day-to-day nature of family life. Bob gives parents a reason to laugh as he navigates the unexpected twists and turns of parenthood every mom and dad has experienced - such as that feeling of panic when you hear the toilet being flushed and immediately followed by your child's less than reassuring yell of "Uh-oh!" Or the admonition to your five-year-old of, "No, you can't have the leftover cotton candy for breakfast, even if you do pour milk over it." Perhaps parents also need the reassurance that Bob offers. In looking back on his initial years of parenthood, Bob writes, "There was one word that sprang to mind - Naive. That's French for 'Buddy, you don't even have a clue.'" If you, like Bob, are entirely clueless at the beginning of parenthood, there's hope for the future. For while imparting crucial information to his children like "the shower curtain goes inside the bathtub; don't put marbles into the garbage disposal, and it's not a great idea to see how many peas you can stick up your nose," Bob did learn things like how to navigate the challenging world of school carpool pickup without infuriating the power hungry fifth grade Safety Patrol. And you, like Bob, might also make some headway with the linguistic parental challenge of cracking the grunt communication code of teenagers. Bob Schwartz tackles these problems and more. He tells us that the purpose of his essays is to have us embrace the humor of parenthood and the fun of family life. "Let laughter be the fuel for this thrilling, and yes indeed, sometimes pandemonium-producing journey." Book jacket.