Personal History


Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
America Is in the Heart: A Personal History
Uncanny Valley
Bad Feminist
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Bossypants
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels
Madness: A Bipolar Life
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Mindy Avra Portnoy
The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Report to Greco
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Stranger by Albert Camus
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Joan Didion
“ We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were. ”
― Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

She chuckled, and smiled, and realized that perhaps it was best not to share too
“ She chuckled, and smiled, and realized that perhaps it was best not to share too much, at least not yet. Feeding slices of her life to her best friend over a long period of time could be the best way to keep him from choking. ”
― Kaylin McFarren, High Flying

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