Maya Angelou’s THE HEART OF A WOMAN; between 1957 and 1962, the peripatetic author traveled to California, New York, and Cairo to raise her son. The fourth of seven volumes of memoirs.

Irving Stone’s LOVE IS ETERNAL; the tempestuous life of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.

Elizabeth Ashley’s ACTRESS: POSTCARDS FROM THE ROAD; adventures in the theatre.

Mariette Hartley’s and Anne Commire’s BREAKING THE SILENCE; secrets, suffering, and—success–doing Polaroid commercials with James Garner.