Harold Robbins’ A STONE FOR DANNY FISHER; financial reversals force a family to move from a posh home in Brooklyn to the smelly Lower East Side.

Michelle Brafman’s WASHING THE DEAD; a young woman is taken from her religious community after her mother has an affair with the groundskeeper.

Madeleine L’ Engle’s TWO-PART INVENTION: THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE; the author of A Wrinkle in Time describes her compassionate, respectful relationship with her husband, the actor Hugh Franklin.

Ron and Clint Howard’s THE BOYS: A MEMOIR OF HOLLYWOOD AND FAMILY; two actor-brothers tell their stories.