"The Open Door" by Elizabeth Maguire. Inspired by the life of Constance Fenimore Woolson, one of the most widely read American authors of the 19th century and the grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, this is a profoundly moving novel about a remarkable woman who lived with passion and refused to accept the narrowing of her world.

After years of supporting her mother and hapless brother through her writing, Constance sets sail for Europe with a letter of introduction to Henry James, a writer she admires above all others. The two eventually meet and Constance's courageous, open nature is at odds with James's more secretive one. Their friendship, as well as their friction are central to this beautifully written story.

"There When He Needs You: How to Be an Available, Involved, and Emotionally Connected Father to Your Son" by Neil Bernstein. Most men want to be better fathers and are trying harder than ever. But many men aren't building the relationships with their sons that they'd hoped for. This is the first book to tell the truth about challenges that fathers of sons face today - including the intergenerational legacies of self-doubt that they anxiously carry from themselves having had distant, unavailable fathers. Using a self-treatment program as well as a psychological X-ray of today's father, the author shows how to create and strengthen a real, meaningful bond between fathers and sons. Through real stories of real dads who have lost and found their way, the reader will learn to reorder priorities, improve communication, connect with loved ones and become the role model that every son needs.

"Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11" by Patrick Creed. Amid all the stories of tragedy and heroism on Sept. 11, there is one tale that has yet to be told - the gripping account of ordinary men and women braving the inferno at the Pentagon to rescue friends and co-workers, save the nation's military headquarters and defend their country. This fascinating, first-person account of the battle to save the Pentagon on 9/11 portrays the dramatic efforts of hundreds of firefighters, police and other first responders as they fought to contain the blaze.

"The Loveliest Woman in America" by Bibi Gaston. In 1927, at the age of 23, Rosamond Pinchot was hailed as "The Loveliest Woman in America." At 33, in a sudden, shocking and highly public act, Rosamond took her own life, setting in motion generations of confusion in the family she left behind. Nearly 70 years after her demise, her granddaughter Bibi received a box of more than 1,500 pages of Rosamond's diaries and embarked on a seven-year journey to make sense of the silence that surrounded Rosamond's death and to discover the grandmother she never knew. An acclaimed beauty, actress, socialite and out-doorswoman, Rosamond became the key to Bibi's understanding of her enigmatic and adventurous father, her glamorous but painfully divided family and herself.

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