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And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready
Meaghan O'Connell
★★★★· Published 2018· 204 pages· read 2018
An unflinchingly honest memoir about becoming a mother before feeling ready. She says the things everyone thinks and no one admits.
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★ 5I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
Mary Laura Philpott
Philpott's essays on the quiet crisis of a life that looks perfect on paper. Funny, honest, and comforting.
★ 5Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A Memoir of Women, Addiction, and Love
Nina Renata Aron
Aron's memoir of loving an addict and her own pull toward codependency. Fierce and clear-eyed.
My Salinger Year
Joanna Rakoff
A young woman answers Salinger's fan mail at a stuffy old literary agency. A lovely coming-of-age for anyone who's dreamed of a life in books.