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Primates of Park Avenue
Wednesday Martin
★★★★· Published 2015· 248 pages
An anthropologist 'studies' the ultra-wealthy mothers of the Upper East Side like a lost tribe. Funny and a little unbelievable — a guilty pleasure.
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Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
Desmond Shum
A wild insider account of how the ultra-rich really operate in China — and how fast it can all turn on you.
Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age
Amanda Hess
The NYT critic on having a baby inside the machine of fertility apps, ultrasounds, gender reveals, freebirth influencers and mommy marketers. Funny and unsettling in equal measure.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bill Bryson
Bryson and his hopelessly unfit old friend attempt the Appalachian Trail. I laughed out loud more than once.