Night-Table Reading

Shirley Lordeditor, author

Down by the River, by Edna O'Brien (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). "Fleaven and hell co-exist in this primal story about an incestuous relationship, which brings to mind so vividly the Ireland I once knew that it's difficult to remember it's fiction."

Jason Robert Browncomposer-lyricist, Parade

The Eighth Day, by Thornton Wilder (Amereon).

"A wonderful playwright and a brilliant storyteller.

I can 7 help but learn from such formidable technique, and it's a hell of a good read. "

Joseph Abboud designer

The Prophet,

by Kahlil Gibran (Knopf).

"Particularly special about this book is that it was written by my first cousin and gives me an insight into the experiences of my grandparents when they came to A merica as immigrants from Lebanon."

Eleanor Mondaleentertainment contributor. CBS News's This Morning

The Descent of Woman, by Elaine Morgan (Souvenir Press) "I'm reading it because I don't think. Charles Darwin adequately explained saddlebags.