Carol Burnett’s, ONE MORE TIME: A MEMOIR; from near poverty in San Antonio, to Lucille Ball-like success in television, movies, and the stage.

Neal Gabler’s, AN EMPIRE OF THEIR OWN: HOW THE JEWS INVENTED HOLLYWOOD. The stories of the Studio bosses: Harry Cohn, William Fox, Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer, Jack and Harry Warner; Adolph Zucker.

Irving Stone’s, DEPTHS OF GLORY;  the life of Camille Pissarro, the Jewish Impressionist–and the author’s last book.

Anne Tyler’s, DINNER AT THE HOMESICK RESTAURANT; after a matriarch passes on, her divisive family assembles for a meal.