John Williams’s, STONER;  a lonely World War I era farm boy defies his parents, and becomes a professor with dreams that never happen.

Christina Baker Kline’s, ORPHAN TRAIN; A foster teenager and a well-off elderly widow discover poignant similarities in their pasts.

Erica Jong’s, FEAR OF DYING; forty years after Fear of Flying, Isadora Wing and her alter-egos stare down aging and mortality.

Carrie Fisher’s, THE PRINCESS DIARIST; the actress’s life in London, before and after Harrison Ford and Star Wars.