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Rachel Pruchno

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	Surrounded by Madness: A Memoir of Mental Illness and Family Secrets 4.32 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2014 — 9 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
	Beyond Madness: The Pain and Possibilities of Serious Mental Illness 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings	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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Rachel Pruchno rated a book it was amazing Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging by Angela Buchdahl	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
Part memoir, part history, part religion. Incredible story of Angela Buchdahl, the daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish father. Raised in Tacoma, Washington, Buchdahl struggles to understand whether she's Korean or Jewish. Each chapter begins with ...more
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Rachel Pruchno rated a book really liked it The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry (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
I enjoyed this historical fiction story about Clara Harrington, haunted by her mother's disappearance in 1927 when she was 8. Clara's mother had written a best-selling book when she was 12. The mother had written a second book that was not published ...more
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Rachel Pruchno rated a book really liked it The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry (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
I enjoyed this historical fiction story about Clara Harrington, haunted by her mother's disappearance in 1927 when she was 8. Clara's mother had written a best-selling book when she was 12. The mother had written a second book that was not published ...more
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Rachel Pruchno rated a book really liked it Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (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
Amor Towles is a literary master. His words are eloquent. Everything is defined so clearly that you can see it, smell it, hear it. In this story, we watch a young woman, Katie Kontent, as 1937 turns into 1938. She learns about NY's upper society in a ...more
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Rachel Pruchno rated a book it was amazing Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen (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
Hilarious story. Wonderful, ridiculous characters. Hiaasen has become my reading candy. Florida politics. Lots of digs at Trump. Fever Beach is where a cast of January 6 whacos meets to plan their next acts of civil insubordination. Listened to the a ...more
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Rachel Pruchno rated a book really liked it One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter (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
I enjoyed this story in which Lily and Theo (the young son of her best friend Estee) move around Italy during the war years. The characters are well-developed, and I found myself rooting for them. The middle of the book was predictable, and there wer ...more
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Rachel Pruchno rated a book really liked it As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh (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
This is an important book about life in war-torn Syria. The main character, Salama, struggles with whether to remain in Syria and help others (she is a pharmacist) or flee to Germany, where she will be safe. The writing in many places was too poetic ...more
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Rachel Pruchno rated a book it was amazing My Friends by Fredrik Backman (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
I loved everything about this book. The characters are well-drawn and very believable. Four misfit kids find each other and grow up. The omniscient narrator beautifully gets into everyone's head. I didn't want the book to end. Ted, Louisa, Joar, Ali, ...more
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Rachel Pruchno wants to read Joyspan: The Art and Science of Thriving in Life's Second Half by Kerry Burnight	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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