New book deals from the latest Publishers Lunch:

Writer and co-producer of "Six Feet Under" Jill Soloway's memoir WHY JEWS GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH THE DOOR OPEN, a look at Hollywood, dysfunctional families, sex, self-obsession and growing up Jewish [to Free Press for publication in fall 2005]

Michelle Vogel's CHILDREN OF HOLLYWOOD, the life stories, from the children's perspectives, of what it was like to grow up with a famous, movie star parent in "classic Hollywood" and GENE TIERNEY: A Biography, on the classic film noir actress [to McFarland Publishing]