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A Room of One’s Own Book Review: The Price of Silence
You think you need inspiration. Woolf says you need five hundred pounds and a lock on the door.
Read storyThe Backyard Bird Chronicles Book Review: The Art of Standing Still
What happens when you stop chasing answers and just watch the birds? Amy Tan shows us.
Read storyAmerican Scare Book Review: When the Law Becomes a Weapon
Your town has a dark secret. This book will make you look.
Read storyNorth Sun Book Review: When the Rules That Save You Also Trap You
A whaling ship goes nowhere. The crew goes everywhere inside their own heads. One of the most unsettling books I read this year.
Read storyThe Woman Warrior: Why Memoir Needs More Lies
One book that asks: can you tell the truth by making things up? 3. [Review Body]
Read storyNobody‘s Girl Review: The Fight for Your Own Name
She was told her story belonged to everyone but her. This book is how she took it back.
Read storyHow to End a Story Book Review: The Cost of Telling the Truth
Helen Garner's diaries ask the brutal question: can we ever truly tell the truth about the people we loved and lost?
Read storyPilgrim at Tinker Creek Book Review: The Question That Stares Back
A 28-year-old woman watched a creek for a year. She found a universe that will break you open.
Read storyThe Hare with Amber Eyes Review: Objects That Outlive Us
What if your inheritance held a century of secrets you never knew?
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