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Laura Buchwald is a New York City-based writer and editor who has spent a lot of time in New Orleans, where part of her first book, The Coat Check Girl, takes place. The book is the first in a trilogy and addresses themes of grief, found family, and overcoming the elements of our past that continue to haunt us, literally and metaphorically. Laura's strong belief in an afterlife—along with a healthy dose of questioning its existence—is part of what inspired the series.

The second installment, The Book of Reservations, out December 9, 2025, addresses the same themes from a different perspective; where once the protagonist feared her ability to connect with the spirit world, in book two she comes to embrace it and see it as the gift it potentia ...more

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Super-Powered Astrology: Four Steps to a New You for a New Astrological Age

by Jill Dearman

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Laura Buchwald said: " I love this book! Practical, profound, and accessible even for those who are not fluent in astrology. I will be gifting copies of Super-Powered Astrology to friends and family and will keep mine on hand to reference again and again. "

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