Lynn Caine’s BEING A WIDOW; accommodating to the jolt of a new life; by the author of WIDOW.

Susan Stamberg’s TALK; the former NPR host of All Things Considered assembles her interviews with Helen Hayes, Rosa Parks, Georgia O’Keefe, and a legion of others.

Frank McCourt’s ANGELA’S ASHES; from an impoverished childhood in Ireland to an equally difficult life in New York.

Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE; dinner, and then … murder.

Vivian Gornick’s FIERCE ATTACHMENTS; the healthy–and disturbed pieces of the author’s relationship with her mother.