The timing couldn’t have been sweeter: Jody Peskin always wanted to own some kind of small business related to her passion for chocolate. She just figured that would happen much later in life. But here she is at age 31, presiding over her own addition to the Main Line kosher community, just down the street from the new upscale Citron...

A University of Pennsylvania grad hopes her memoir will inspire women to fight back when faced with unpleasant midlife surprises.