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Amanda’s favorite books

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill Just Kids by Patti Smith Jackie, Ethel, Joan by J. Randy Taraborrelli The Will to Change by bell hooks Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
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Amanda’s Quotes

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“I spent a lot of time alone, but I was rarely lonely because I like my own brain.”
― Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
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“Yes, people age horribly. They suffer strokes. Their bodies and brains fall apart. But the male ego? Firmly intact until the bitter end.”
― Jen Beagin, Big Swiss
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, and Travel


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