A NEW YORK EVENT PLANNER’S memoir spotlights her life’s ups (marriage, family) and downs (surviving assault).

A MOTHER’S MEMOIR of her son’s autism, and of his fierce determination to work and advocate for independence.

LIGHTHEARTED CHICK-LIT tone sits oddly with the “seeing ghosts” theme of this novel. Great LA details, though!

CHARMING COMIC NOVEL in blog form follows a sweet but dim English housewife through a crash course in reality.

QUIRKY, HIGHLY INFORMATIVE overview of laws about sexual behavior from Hammurabi to the trial of Oscar Wilde.

ANTHONY “JARHEAD” SWOFFORD’S tough yet nuanced memoir of his years after the Marines; focus is on his father.

GRITTY, CANDID MEMOIR of a childhood in England’s Romany Gypsy community, facing prejudice, violence, abuse.

THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING, reviewed and reopened in the light of memories from New York’s German community.

COMPLEX THRILLER TRACES an apocalyptic battle of angels and the plight of humans caught up in the struggle.

REVISITING THE FAMOUS psychiatric case written up as “Sybil” reveals collusion, overinterpretation, and fraud.