The year is 1539, and Jane Boleyn is waiting for her inheritance after the death of her husband. Anne, Duchess of Cleves, is to become the next Queen of England, and a young maiden by the name of Katherine Howard is eagerly anticipating the day she will be sent to the Tudor court. Philippa [...]

Augusten Burroughs takes us back to his childhood with “A Wolf at the Table,” his latest memoir about the struggles, fears, and hardships he endured growing up with a father he hardly knew. His father was a man who simply didn’t seem interested in being a part of his son’s life, even up to the point when he takes his last breath.