As Good as I Could Be: A Memoir of Raising Wonderful Children in Difficult Times

Susan Cheever has written nine previous books, including five novels and the memoirs "Home Before Dark, Treetops, " and "Note Found in a Bottle." She has also written for "The New Yorker, The New York Times, " and "Talk" magazine, among other publications. She is a contributing writer for "Architectural Digest" and writes a weekly column for "Newsday." She has appeared on "The Today Show, 20/20, " and "CBS Sunday Morning." A Guggenheim fellow, Cheever teaches writing in the Bennington College MFA program. She lives in New York City.