REVIEWS "Wagner shows us, with her signature charm and humor, how to find our inner shock absorbers." Randy Richardson, author, "Lost in the Ivy" "Wagner captivated me from the first chapter with her wit, charm, and honesty." Jaimie Engle, author "Clifton Chase and the Arrow of Light" "This memoir sparkles with the joy of life, Mary's style." Catherine McCall, author, "Never Tell: The True Story of Overcoming a Terrifying Childhood" "Read it, devour it, digest it and live some of life's most precious moments...a gem of a read." Laurie Scheer, author and Director of UW-Madison's Writers Institute "Mary knows how to crack the shell and get deep into the real stuff, the stuff that matters, the stuff of the heart." David Berner, author, "Any Road Will Take You There" Mary T. Wagner is a former newspaper and magazine journalist who changed careers at the age of forty by going to law school and becoming a criminal prosecutor. However, she never could step away from the written word entirely, and inevitably the joy of writing drew her back to the keyboard. A Chicago native, this mother of four and recent new grandmother now lives in rural Wisconsin, where she draws much inspiration for writing from daily walks in the countryside with her dog, Lucky, and the cat who thinks he's a dog...The Meatball. Wagner's ongoing legal experience has ranged from handling speeding tickets to arguing and winning several cases before the Wisconsin Supreme Court...sometimes in the same week! When the Shoe Fits... is an inspiring "best of" essay collection drawn from Wagner's first three award-winning books-Running with Stilettos, Heck on Heels, and Fabulous in Flats. This trio has garnered numerous national and regional awards, including a Gold E-Lit Book Award, an Indie Excellence Award, and "Published Book of the Year" by the Florida Writers Association. Wagner's life experiences includes the defining watershed of motherhood, and stints as a Girl Scout troop leader, truck stop waitress, office temp, judicial clerk, and radio talk show host. She counts both wearing spike heels and learning to use a cordless drill and chainsaw among her "late blooming" discoveries, and would be hard pressed to surrender either her favorite stilettos or her power tools.