This week, Andrew McCarthy’s movie roles in “Pretty in Pink,” “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Weekend at Bernie’s,” and “Less Than Zero” made him a star. He’s considered one of the so-called “Brat Pack” – which has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. He writes about that decade of his life in “Brat: An ’80s Story.”
On this week’s Book Show, Joe Donahue speaks with author Megha Majumdar. Her debut novel, A Burning, centers around three characters whose lives become...
Emily St. John Mandel is the award winning author of “Station 11.” Her new novel “The Glass Hotel” is set at the glittering intersection...
New York Times columnist Gail Collins has written a new book on a subject that is timelier than ever: women and aging in America....