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In my experience, Gen X women spend lots of time minimizing the importance of their uncomfortable or confusing feelings. They often tell me that they are embarrassed to even bring them up. Some of the unhappiest women I spoke with, no
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This book is speaking my language
“Private, intimate, a book was something she could pull around and over herself, like a quilt.”
― You Are Here
― You Are Here
“I spent so long as a child wondering how to leave my strangeness behind, and it turns out it’s the wisest part of me.”
― We Are the Stars
― We Are the Stars
“It should be plenty to raise children or to have a career—or, frankly, just not to become a serial killer. Yet somehow for this generation of women, the belief that girls could do anything morphed into a directive that they must do everything.”
― Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis
― Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis
“Every person is just a story that everyone around them writes on them. When we meet new people, the story changes.”
― We Are the Stars
― We Are the Stars
“A middle-aged woman’s midlife crisis does, I know, pose a dramaturgical problem. In my observation—and as many experts I’ve spoken with have affirmed—women’s crises tend to be quieter than men’s. Sometimes a woman will try something spectacular—a big affair, a new career, a “she shed” in the backyard—but more often she sneaks her suffering in around the edges of caretaking and work.”
― Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis
― Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis
Writers Worth
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Book-lovers unite! Writers Worth is a group where writerly types meet & mingle, and everyone's welcome to promote books, sites, brands, services, and ...more
The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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This group is for anyone who loves books from different genres. Every month we have group Books of the Month which you can join, reading challenges, a ...more
Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
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You just found the Official unofficial Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club. We will read the Goodreads Choice Awards winning books throughout the year b ...more
The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge
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Goodreads Librarians Group
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
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