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lying was constant and always surrounding other women or our finances.
“Being scared isn’t an excuse to be racist. That’s just damn ignorant. You don’t call someone ‘brown boy’ or say he eats dogs just because he’s new to town and ‘unfamiliar”
― Brown Boy Nowhere
― Brown Boy Nowhere
“Whether on paper or in my mind, the problems I had to deal with first—the car repair, the court date, the empty cupboards—went at the top, on the left. The next pressing issue went next to it, on the right. I’d focus on one problem at a time, working left to right, top to bottom.”
― Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
― Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
“And if you don’t see race, then you’re turning a blind eye on racial injustices. Because colorblind or not, racism does happen. And why be colorblind? We’re all different, and diversity is a good thing.”
― Brown Boy Nowhere
― Brown Boy Nowhere
“Like I had been in the wrong for leaving a man who threatened me. I knew there were countless women out there in the same situation as I had been.”
― Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
― Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
“wanted this book to highlight a neurodiverse heroine who happens to be on medication and in therapy falling in love and thriving. I wanted to show the messy, heavy parts of her life alongside the moments that sweep her off her feet. And I wanted a hero who’d love her through her dark days, not despite them—because to me, that is the most romantic thing of all.”
― Weather Girl
― Weather Girl
Joan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,034 friends
371 books
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65 friends
80 books
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74 friends
1,418 books
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409 friends
49 books
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58 friends
3,474 books
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4,998 friends
9,079 books
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511 friends
3,907 books
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458 friends
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