A peek at what’s on tap this week.
How to Lose Your Mother
By Molly Jong-Fast
Coming to terms with a famous, and famously flawed, parent.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Four new collections explore the dimensions of women’s lives.
The Story I Am: Mad About the Writing Life
By Roger Rosenblatt
The acclaimed author and essayist mines his personal oeuvre in this winning compilation.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
A look at Barry Gewen’s superlative The Inevitability of Tragedy.
The Deep: A Novel
By Alma Katsu
A survivor of the Titanic tempts fate and faces down her ghosts.
The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt
By Jill Watts
An ambitious but ultimately unsatisfying exploration into little-known governmental figures from the New Deal era.
Conspiracies of Conspiracies
By Thomas Milan Konda
This exhaustive review of out-there theories may leave readers exhausted.
The Body Myth
By Rheea Mukherjee
This uneven story about a love triangle still manages to intrigue.
