Christian book publisher Zondervan said Tuesday the book features excerpts, prayers and memories from Gosselin's journal, offering readers a look at her life during the three years her family went from obscurity to fame on TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8."

Those who have seen (and who under 50 hasn't seen at least a few of them?) “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Ferris Bueller's Day Off,” “Say Anything,” “St. Elmo's Fire” and “Some Kind of Wonderful” won't be able to put down this book.

Fame is like a Ferris wheel: Almost nobody has enough courage to get off at the top. So hoist a memorial glass to Jerome David Salinger, who stopped publishing exactly halfway through his long life.

Eighty years after the United States abolished slavery, the peculiar institution was undergoing resurgence in Europe.

St. Paul wrote that it is better to marry than to burn but not by much. Elizabeth Gilbert used to agree with him.