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She felt he 'defied her wishes'

Life writing is usually a conventional business, but these writers take on the job by discarding the rules, with thrilling results

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Shy by Max Porter and Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld.

‘David Thulstrup: A Sense of Place’ by Sophie Lovell is an overview of the Danish architect’s life and work

BOSTON — As she struggled to fall asleep, Meghan Zipin started writing notes on her phone of what she remembered from the Boston Marathon bombings and the aftermath of such devastation.

FICTION: Three generations of women span Russian history from the revolution through glasnost.

Your choices include novels, poetry and memoir.

NONFICTION: A biography of the charismatic leader of the Branch Davidians, and a riveting account of the ATF raid and FBI siege of their compound in Waco, Texas.

SEATTLE —The Seattle area is a rich location for natural beauty, atmospheric weather — and, as it turns out, plot inspiration for crime fiction. Robert Dugoni, the Kirkland, Washington-based author of nearly two dozen popular mystery novels, said he once asked a police officer why this area seemed to have…

Late author said in an interview that it was ‘hard to understand the thinking behind the monarchy in the modern world’

London life after Grenfell is powerfully portrayed in this sequel-of-sorts to Ordinary People