’My Two Polish Grandfathers’ by Witold RybczynskiIn a fluid collection of essays on what he calls “the imaginative life," Rybczynski looks back on his parents‚ narrow escapes and circuitous wanderings about war-torn Europe.
Recession tonic: Scarlett O’HaraWith her steely optimism, the ‘Gone with the Wind’ heroine is a perfect tough-times model
Laughing all the way to the endGrand larceny, a mother’s madcap final months and the bitter truth about aging
Good golly, Noddy’s back!Controversial kids’ author Enid Blyton is in the news again for a new book starring her famous wooden toy
Living with Oedipus for 15 yearsA classic myth set in seven plays over three days with student actors is a labour of love
’Sum: Forty tales from the afterlives’ by David EaglemanNeuroscientist David Eagleman’s brilliant, witty, endlessly inventive collection of micro-tales of various post-life existences.
I’m Linda and I’m a self-help junkieA 40-year-old mother neglects her kids in order to read about how to be a better parent
When nature is through with youThe short, bitter mid-life crisis of William Leith: aging food addict and hypochondriac