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- Jun 4
Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting loss of that dear friend. She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in...
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- May 23
Review of The Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion by Barbara Brown Taylor
Barbara Brown Taylor is one of my favorite authors, but this slim, early book of hers didn't offer the candid, thought-provoking, wise...
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- May 17
Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
Do you love reading memoirs like I do? I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or...
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- May 9
Review of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
This gorgeously written set of fifty-two love letters to nature encourage reflection and urge the reader to pause to honor even the less...
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- May 3
Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six Great Bossy Nonfiction Reads I promise that this is the last roundup list of 2023 favorites, which seems appropriate now that we have...
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- Jan 10
Review of Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Atul Gawande writes clearly and poignantly about the search to achieve maximum well-being rather than prolonging diminished life at all...