Esophageal cancer with a poor prognosis, and a coma; a miraculous survival, and an unexpected return to a fruitful literary...

Blinded at 20, the author’s friends, Art Garfunkel, Jerry Speyer—and his wife—Sue, lead him through a “new” life of profound—and...

A son tries to stave off guilt, depression, and despair as his mother slides into Alzheimer’s.

The decline of Woodrow Wilson after his 1919 stroke, and the rise of Edith Wilson’s power.

An adolescent befriends the senator/vice president; based on a true story.

After her mother’s death, a daughter reconstructs the courtship and early married years of her parents.

Three generations of immigrants contend with substandard working conditions and employer abuse.

A loving memoir by Cary Grant’s daughter.

A memoir; a Jewish woman balances the conflicting duties of wife, mother, husband, and well-regarded poet.

The story of how a family decided to sell their house, and donate part of the proceeds to charity.

Singer; actress; wife of playwright Moss Hart; veteran activist for the arts.

A psychiatrist reveals how that anti-depressant revolutionized the treatment of mental illness.