Fairfield author Stepahnie Rivera will be joining Monica and Caroline in the studio this week to talk about her spiritual memoir, "In Pursuit of Enlightenment (On a Shoestring Budget)."

Stephanie's story begins with the lives of her parents.  Her father was the son of immigrant Russian-Jewish parents, and her mother was of Yankee stock.  They led an unusual life, which took them to California, Texas and eventually Boston, as her Jewish father became a minister, first with the Religious Science organization and later as a Unitarian.  With this background, it was not a great stretch for Stephanie, her mother and her siblings to learn TM, after their father's death.

More than simply a spiritual autobiography, this memoir is a revealing glimpse into a loving, if unusual, American family.