The author poses with her baby prior to her firing. "I expected an apology — or at least an explanation — for my abrupt dismissal, but never got one," she writes. Sheryl Berk “We won’t be needing you ...

I remember the call as if it were yesterday. My editor phoned me early on a Monday morning in 2005 to break the news. Her voice was cold, emotionless, matter-of-fact. “I don’t understand,” I replied ...