Funny/sad stories about a woman growing up in Depression-era Michigan.

After a weaver loses his fortune, he adopts a little girl.

Apartheid through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy.

In her literary debut, the author reveals how her poodle became such an important part of her life.

A mother and son—each writers—talk about their addictions to alcohol, and the zig-zag path back to sobriety.

A young man from an aristocratic family discovers his Jewish heritage and moves to Palestine.

A boy born—and then orphaned—by his mother, has to survive by his innate talents and wits.

Five expatriates relocate to Mexico in 1962.

A poor Mexican finds a pearl that brings destruction to his family; written in 1947.

An Anglophile finally makes it to London; the sequel to 84 Charing Cross Road.

Two wives in Washington’s inaugural Supreme Court–with nothing in common, except troubled marriages–become friends.

From roles in Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the theater, to family life, alcoholism, family tragedies, and...