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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

325 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0alisonj's review
nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

Not My Father's Son

Alan Cumming

6 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 2014

5.0alisonj's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Broken Places by Frances Peck

The Broken Places

Frances Peck

400 pages • paperback • 2022

5.0alisonj's review
fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

The Nineties

Chuck Klosterman

12 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2022

5.0alisonj's review
nonfiction essays history funny informative reflective medium-paced
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

6 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 2022

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nonfiction essays memoir race emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

306 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0alisonj's review
fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Natalie Haynes

9 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2020

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nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

Sarah Polley

7 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2022

5.0alisonj's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

6 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2019

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nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Revolution of Every Day by Cari Luna

The Revolution of Every Day

Cari Luna

388 pages • paperback • 2013

5.0alisonj's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced