CANDID, UNSETTLING, ELOQUENT memoir from a writer who was the target of a former student’s obsession.

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT his father’s 1970 death inspire a reporter to dig deep into his family history.

A PROFESSIONAL CLIMBER LEARNS skydiving, BASE jumping as her way of dealing with a life crisis. Engaging!

A SURVIVOR OF THE 2004 tsunami shares her grief, anger, confusion at the loss of her family. Touching, frank.

DOMINICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER Raquel Cepeda explores her family history, her Latina identity in charming memoir.

WITH A POET’S GRACE of language and her keenly observant eye, this New York memoir stands out from the crowd.

LOVE LETTER TO New York’s temple of herring, Russ & Daughters, is also a history of Jewish life in the city.

VIVIDLY DRAWN PORTRAIT of a writer’s hardscrabble childhood and her charismatic, deeply troubled mother.

A MIDLIFE MIDLIST WRITER’S howl of pain in the form of a memoir.  Admirably honest, yet somehow unappealing.

A GENEALOGICAL MYSTERY, UNRAVELED, reveals much about US ideas of race.  Thought-provoking and engaging.