NIGHT-TABLE READING

Girls Who Just Want to Have Fun

CYNDI LAUPER

SINGER; SPOKESPERSON, MAC COSMETICS AIDS FUND

THE MEANING OF MATTHEW BY JUDY SHEPARD (HUDSON STREET)

"I'm reading Going Rogue, by Sarah Palin. Just kidding ... I'm really reading The Meaning of Matthew. Shepard's words left me, as a mother, feeling so vulnerable and heartsick."

CANDACE BUSHNELL

AUTHOR, THE CARRIE DIARIES

MIDDLEMARCH BY GEORGE ELIOT (PENGUIN)

"My mother was always intrigued by the idea of a female novelist who had to publish under a man's name in order to be taken seriously."

WANDA SYKES

HOST. THE WANDA SYKES SHOW

MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS BY TRACY KIDDER (RANDOM HOUSE)

"After the tragedy in Haiti and the struggle to get health care passed in the U.S., I picked the book up again to regain hope."

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