Quote:Her first book, published in 1979 was called “Ever Since Adam & Eve: The Satisfactions of Housewifery and Motherhood in the Age of Do-Your-Own-Thing.” It touted the gifts of motherhood and the rewards of housekeeping in an era where women had long come to accept feminist philosophies espoused decades earlier by a former Grandview-on-Hudson neighbor named Betty Friedan.

The book garnered national attention, appearances on talk shows like “Today” and interviews with the likes of Charlie Rose and Dinah Shore.

Then, after 40 years of marriage, a divorce left her bereft and broke.

The experience bred another book, a sequel of sorts to the first, that was published in 2009. It was called “Disregard First Book.”