Sales of Joan Rivers' most recent book, 'Diary of a Mad Diva,' saw a 570% increase in sales in the week following her death on September 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Joan Rivers was not only a bestselling author, but also an avid reader of some pretty serious volumes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Sara Benincasa was 6 years old, she found a book in her parents’ basement that she knew she wasn’t supposed to read. She read it anyway. “I was like, ‘This lady is naughty! This lady’s a mom, but she doesn’t talk like any mom I’ve ever heard of!’ ” Benincasa says. The book was Joan Rivers’... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]