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Northern California, 1988. Thirteen-year-old Polly Stockdale has everything-until her parents sit her down at the kitchen table.Overnight, the big house on the hill is gone, her father has moved on, and Polly is living on the wrong side of the tracks. In her wealthy Mormon ward, a broken family is a stain that won't wash out, and the mothers of the "good" boys have already decided: Polly is undatable.Especially to Jack Bennent, the golden son of th...

Introduction: Important, But Not Office ImportantLet's get one thing straight: you matter.You matter enough to approve the budget, fix the forecast and calm down the client. You matter enough to get a 9:47 p.m. text that says "quick question." There is never a quick question. There is only a forty-minute phone call while you stand in your kitchen, still in your work clothes, eating cold pasta out of the container.Your title says "Director."...