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The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts

The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America

Monica Potts

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here #1

Jodi Picoult

321 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Jen Gunter

The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism

Jen Gunter

370 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
nonfiction feminism health informative inspiring medium-paced
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

The Celebrants

Steven Rowley

308 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

309 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture

Virginia Sole-Smith

380 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
nonfiction health reference sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

359 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

The Immortalists

Chloe Benjamin

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
fiction contemporary historical magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
Funny Story by Emily Henry

Funny Story

Emily Henry

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jschaffe's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced