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My Salinger Year
Joanna Rakoff
★★★★· Published 2008· 252 pages· read 2024
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.
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Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant: How Nannying for the 1% Taught Me about the Myths of Equality, Motherhood, and Upward Mobility in America
Stephanie Kiser
A memoir by a woman who grew up poor and spent seven years nannying for New York's ultra-wealthy to afford the city. Poignant and funny about class, motherhood, and how rigged the ladder really is.
★ 5A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers
Eggers raising his little brother after both parents die, told with wild, self-aware energy. Funny and gutting.
Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning
Claire Dederer
A midlife memoir reckoning with sex, rage, and the wild girl she used to be. Dederer is brave and very sharp.