A Couple Struggles With Infertility In ‘Private Life’

A Couple Struggles With Infertility In ‘Private Life’

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Filmmaker Tamara Jenkins drew on her own “by-any-means-necessary” effort to have a child for her new film ‘Private Life.’ It stars Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti as a couple in their 40s who are struggling with IVF.

Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews ‘Heartland’ by Sarah Smarsh, a memoir of growing up working class — and below the poverty line.