Bookshelf: Abélard and Héloïse, and Latter-Day Couples

Bookshelf: Abélard and Héloïse, and Latter-Day Couples
In James Carroll’s “The Cloister,” a ’50s Manhattan priest meets a Jewish woman. In Ben Dolnick’s “The Ghost Notebooks,” a pair from Astoria move to a spooky upstate mansion.