Books

“Indiscretion”
Charles Dubow
William Morrow, $25.99

   There are no perfect lives. Even people who seem to have it all, whose...

“Lily Steps Out”
Rita Plush
Penumbra, $10.99

   Rita Plush is a first-time novelist making a bold go of it. In “Lily...

Children’s Books Powwow
    Children’s books: So many think they can write them; so few actually do so with skill. Now, for Children’s Book...

Dogs for Steinbeck
    You say John Steinbeck Weekend is news to you? Never mind that and simply give in to the charm of the “Travels With Charley...

“The Interestings”
Meg Wolitzer
Riverhead Books, $27.95

   There’s no rock ’n’ roll and just a few mentions of drugs in Nanci E. LaGarenne’s new novel, “Cheap Fish,” but it’s all about Montauk and has...

“The Underground
Railroad on Long Island”

Kathleen G. Velsor
History Press, $19.99

Storytelling Techniques
    Memoir: It’s all the rage, whether you’re a reader, a writer, or a publisher. How about workshopper?

Westerly”
Will Schutt
Yale University Press, $18