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Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author)

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by Bill Burnett

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Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-and What You Really Need to Know

by Emily Oster

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The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.

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“It is an odd feeling, to sense one’s aliveness, for perhaps the very first time, to understand that life up until this point was not being lived, exactly; it was being endured.”
― Nathan Hill, Wellness

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“She finally comprehended parenthood’s strange paradox: that it was deeply annihilating while at the same time also somehow deeply comforting. It was both soul-devouring and soul-filling.”
― Nathan Hill, Wellness

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“I knew I was cheating on my husband for the right reasons (having a lover makes me even more inaccessible and mysterious).”
― Maud Ventura, My Husband

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“I do my best, but most of the time I’m too busy being in love to be a good mother.”
― Maud Ventura, My Husband

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“So if nothing is real, if certainty is just an illusion, what do we do? Believe in nothing?” “Believe what you believe, my dear, but believe gently. Believe compassionately. Believe with curiosity. Believe with humility. And don’t trust the arrogance of certainty. I mean, my goodness, Elizabeth, if you want the gods to really laugh at you, then by all means call it your forever home.”
― Nathan Hill, Wellness

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