Rachel Shukert

Rachel Shukert is the author of Have You No Shame? And Other Regrettable Stories. Her new book, Everything Is Going To Be Great, will be published in August by Harper Perennial. Follow her on Twitter.

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Elizabeth Gilbert's God Obsession

When Rachel Shukert set out to write about her own worldwide adventures, she decided to finally read Eat, Pray, Love, and that’s when she learned that it’s all about Gilbert and her God.

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My Happy, Childless Marriage

A new study is being hailed as proof that kids make a marriage stronger. Rachel Shukert on what the researchers got wrong—and what people with kids should never say to childless couples.

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Was I Born Anorexic?

A new study suggests that some are genetically predisposed to anorexia. This might explain why my bout with self-starvation started when I was a small child.

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The Economy Stole My Man!

The financial crisis turned my husband into a modern-day migrant laborer—and me into a needy, horny, stay-at-home basket case.

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When Did "Married Without Children" Become Gauche?

As a married woman with no plans to have children, I'm not the easiest person to market to.

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