On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books that search for meaning by reflecting on the past:Cold Moon: On Love, Life and Responsibility, by Roger Rosenblatt, and A World Out of Reach: Dispatches from Life Under Lockdown, edited by Meghan O'Rourke.
Smart Books For Thoughtful People
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Turtle Point (l); Yale University Press (r)