Paula Kurman, Ph.D., began her life as a child actress, and was one of the first graduates of the High School of Performing Arts. She later developed a theater program for troubled adolescents and went on to earn her doctorate from Columbia University in 1975, with a specialty in nonverbal communication. She was a member of the faculty at Hunter College for 10 years, then a corporate consultant, seminar leader, and keynote speaker for two decades. Although she has written almost 100 personal essays for magazines, at the age of 86, this is Kurman's first published book--the one she promised her husband she would write if she had the misfortune to outlive him. Her six grandchildren are very proud.