Literature

In her psychological suspense novel “Chisel My Way Out,” Dr. Anamika Sharma explores the beliefs that shape our expectations of marriage long before we ever think to question them.

At age 70, Dr. Sarath Jayawardana has lived several lifetimes in one.

Sam Frearson-Tubito’s “Beneath a Borrowed Sky: One Woman’s Search for the True Meaning of Home” is a memoir about home, belonging and the lifelong search for somewhere — and someone — to belong to.

After years spent building businesses, chasing dreams and dealing with her husband Jack’s cancer diagnosis, Kirsten McHugh realized they were running out of time for something they had once taken for granted: The time they had left together.

“The Four Seasons of Rascal: The Dog From Harbin” by Todd Cornell is a story of love and loss between a man and his dog. It is also a tale steeped in cross-cultural understanding, shaped by years lived between China and the United States.

Born in Argentina to Korean parents and smuggled by a coyote across the U.S.-Mexico border when he was 3 years old, Jonnie Park grew up in L.A. amid cultural dislocation, his father’s violent alcoholism and the turbulent protests and riots of the early 1990s.

In his upcoming memoir “Passport To Freedom: From Tehran To Triumph,” U.S.-born Adult Cross-Cultural Kid Dr. Nizam Missaghi shares his harrowing escape from Iran as a child.

Military life can be both stabilizing and deeply challenging for families raising a child with autism.