Few experiences are more devastating than a pregnancy loss or the loss of a child. Sometimes, when that loss isn't something society easily recognizes, we, as beautiful and complex beings, take over ...

WE SHALL MARCH AGAIN (374 pp.)—Gerhard Kramer—Putnam ($3.75). One of the occupational hazards of war, perhaps even greater than boredom, danger or fear, is the compulsion to write novels about it.