Come see Joseph McQuillen discuss and sign "My Search for Christopher On the Other Side" at Book Soup. This book takes you on an emotional roller coaster ride discovering messages from his son, Chris who died too young or according to Chris, at just the right time. Beautiful and touching story filled with grief and heartache, with just a touch of humor in all the right places. His story will illuminate your path to healing after a tragic loss and…

Ralph Cissne will discuss "Prudence in Hollywood: And Other Stories" at Book Soup. This book presents a quirky cast of unconventional characters pursuing love with surprising and often humorous consequences.

Book Soup presents Barbara Bourland to discuss and sign "Fake Like Me." Abigail Stern will join Bourland in conversation. This book is a satire of the absurdly glamorous New York high art scene, in which a young artist crumbles under unimaginable pressure while at an upstate artists' retreat.

Book Soup presents Tony Maietta and Jerry Torre to discuss and sign "The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens: A Memoir of the Beales, the Maysles Brothers, and Jacqueline Kennedy." This book is a touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of Grey Gardens, the now-celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary Grey Gardens and two feature-length films.

Come see CM Kushins discuss and sign "Nothing’s Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon" at Book Soup. This book tells the life of Warren Zevon, who was blessed with talent and opportunity yet also beset by tragedy and setbacks. After an impromptu performance in the right place at the right time, a record deal landed on the lap of a teenager who was eager to set out on his own and make a name for himself. But of course,…

Book Soup presents Maia Kobabe, Sam Sattin & Ian McGinty to discuss and sign "Gender Queer: A Memoir" and "Glint Book One: The Cloud Raiders." "Gender Queer" is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere. In "Glint," we are introduced to tiny Mora--hurtling through space trying to find a star bright enough to sustain its fading life--everyone must do…

Join Barry Alfonso at Book Soup for a discussion and signing of "A Voice of the Warm: The Life of Rod McKuen." This book is the first-ever biography of one of the 20th century's most popular and misunderstood pop-culture icons. Drawing upon extensive research and over 100 interviews, author Barry Alfonso tells how McKuen overcame childhood physical and sexual abuse to become a teenage radio host, film actor, and Beat-style poet before connecting with a vast audience as a writer…

If you enjoy crime novels, check out Cristina Alger and "Girls Like Us" at Book Soup. Alger will be in conversation with Allison Winn Scotch. Plagued by doubts about her mother's murder--and her own role in exonerating her father in that case--Nell can't help but ask questions about who killed Ria Ruiz and Adriana Marques and why. But she may not like the answers she finds--not just about those she loves, but about herself.

Wolfgang Glattes will discuss "Memories of La La Land: A Life in the Movies" at Book Soup. This book recounts the experiences and the stories about the more than 40 feature films Glattes worked on in over 40 years.

Join Madeleine Henry at Book Soup for a discussion and signing of "Breathe In, Cash Out." Allegra Cobb's resume: Straight-A Princeton grad, second-year analyst at a top-tier bank, one-time American Yoga National Competition Champion. Allegra Cobb's reality: Spends twenty-four hours a day changing the colors on bar charts, overusing the word "team," and daydreaming about quitting the minute her year-end bonus hits her account. But after (1) unknowingly sleeping with the man now leading her banking cohort on one of…

If you enjoy memoirs about overcoming disease and discontentment, check out Lydia Slaby and "Wait, It Gets Worse: Love, Death, and My Transformation from Control Freak to Human Being" at Book Soup. Lydia Slaby was 33 years old and had everything she believed would make her happy: three fancy private school degrees, a successful husband who was in the inner circles of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, a high-paying job as an attorney--even an enviable yoga practice. But under the surface…

Book Soup presents Lary Bloom to discuss and sign "Sol Lewitt: A Life of Ideas." Scott Timberg will join Bloom in conversation. Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, upended traditional practices of how art is made and marketed. A key figure in minimalism and conceptualism, he proclaimed that the work of the mind is much more important than that of the hand. In this book, Bloom explores the life of this artist.

Come see J. Michael Stracznski discuss and sign "Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood" at Book Soup. This memoir reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted by madness, murder and a terrible secret.

Wendy Adamson will discuss "Mother Load" at Book Soup. This book is a story about Wendy's undoing, and the long and delicate reassembly it would take to put her life back together again, a life that is beyond just existing, but a continuous celebration of all things living. Because when you stand on the precipice of addiction, the only way to survive the jump is to live each day like you may never have another. Living becomes the ultimate privilege.…

Come see Felicity McLean discuss "The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone" at Book Soup. One summer, the Van Apfel sisters--Ruth, Hannah, and the beautiful Cordelia--mysteriously disappeared. Did they just run far away from their harsh, evangelical parents, or were they taken? While the search for the girls united the small community, the mystery of their disappearance was never solved, and Tikka and her older sister, Laura, have been haunted ever since by the loss of their friends and playmates. Now,…

Book Soup presents Liz Kerin to discuss and sign "Phantom Forest." After being chosen for her village's human sacrifice ritual, Seycia is transported to the Underworld and must join forces with Haben, the demon to whom she was sacrificed. Together, they journey to the forest in the Underworld where all souls grow, in a quest to destroy the tree of the man who killed her.