Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Imagine you’re a kid, joining your mom for a day at work. This is no corporate-sponsored occasion where you’ll raid the supply closet and nibble cookies frosted with the company logo;...
Category: Memoir
Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together by Illana Kurshan
If you love children and children’s literature, you have to try Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together. It is my favorite book so far in 2025. Ilana Kurshan,...
We Loved It All: A Memory of Life by Lydia Millet
“In the beginning,” Lydia Millet writes in We Loved It All: A Memory of Life, “we gave names to every creature that we found … home was a garden, then—a garden...
Don’t Think, Dear by Alice Robb
Alice Robb has created a fascinating, insightful journalistic exploration that I promise will hold your interest whether ballet appeals to you or not. I have never been a fan of ballet...
Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones
Individuals with disabilities and those who love them constantly deal with scenarios like the one introduced at the beginning of this essential book. Chloé Cooper Jones writes: “I am in a...
Unfollow Me by Jill Louise Busby
Essays on Complicity Truth fights for itself. If you are open to it, it will use you as a weapon. Jill Louise Busby I had never heard of @Jillisblack before someone...
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The power of just mercy is that it belongs to the undeserving. It’s when mercy is least expected that it’s most potent–strong enough to break the cycle of victimization and victimhood,...
When Harry Met Minnie: A True Story of Love and Friendship by Martha Teichner
You don’t have to be a dog lover, (or, more specifically, crazy about bull terriers) to appreciate this informative, graceful, and compassionate story. It is much more than a tale of...
