A brief memoir by an accomplished New Yorker Magazine writer.
 Levy writes well about a miscarriage, a loss too often not given the weight it deserves.
 The Rules Do Not Apply could serve as a cautionary tale for anyone who is young, physically attractive, endowed with a strong social network, highly intelligent and talented. Some of the rules do, in fact, apply. To you. You may be jetting to exotic places, writing about them and living well in New York City, where you go to parties with bold face names, but there may be wants and needs that elude you.