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Anna Wintour and Donald Trump. Credit / Getty Images He’s attended the gala in the past and once even proposed on the way there. This year, sadly, Donald Trump was not welcome at the Met Gala – and reportedly hasn’t been for a long time. Each year on the first Monday in May, the biggest [...]

Prologue On a crisp autumn evening fifteen years ago, Susan Walton pulled the steering wheel of her battered Honda Civic into the opulent driveway of her father’s mansion for what she hoped would be a turning point—an opportunity to reconcile old wounds and forge a new beginning. Instead, she found herself standing toe-to-toe with the [...]

A Birthday of Contrasts On the morning of her 34th birthday, Jane Thompson awoke to something rare—peace. For weeks, her life had been a delicate balance between family duties, freelance graphic-design deadlines, and the ever-present tension that simmered just below the surface with her mother-in-law, Linda Harper. Today, at least, was supposed to be different. [...]