Book 16: Bodies of Water by Rosanne Cash, isbn 9780786860838, hardcover, 133 pages, Hyperion, $19.95

The Premise: (from the inside cover): These stories are a series of portraits of the inner lives of women seeking self-forgiveness, resolution and freedom in the face of the familiar betrayals of everyday existence. A mother spends a comically ( Read more... )

Book 21: Composed: a memoir by Rosanne Cash,  isbn 9780670021963, 245 pages, Viking,  $26.95

Premise: (from the inside cover flap): "Composed is the story of an artist finding her voice -- both figuratlively and literally -- in the context of her family legacy, of the commercial imperatives of the music business, and of a desire to preserve some ( Read more... )