Belva Plain, Author Dell Publishing Company $7.99 (480p) ISBN 978-0-440-21674-2 Plain's accomplished portrayal of a seemingly perfect Connecticut homemaker and her abusive husband was a PW bestseller.

The act could be considered brazen or brave (or both): launching an independent publishing house in 2018 that focuses on classic titles, but with a modern reader in mind. But Ingrid Paulson, who ...