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Average rating: 3.73 · 3,792 ratings · 647 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us 3.74 avg rating — 3,182 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us 3.51 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds 3.90 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Famesick

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Rachelle Bergstein rated a book really liked it Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1) by Shannon Messenger (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rachelle Bergstein and 2 other people liked Emily's review of Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir: "We want to believe rock stars emerge from some primordial soup, but it always turns out they are more likely the children of extraordinary people, as is the case of Melissa Auf der Maur, who was raised by noteworthy intellectuals in Montreal. A by-th" Read more of this review »
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“There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul.”
― Rachelle Bergstein, The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

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