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Mike is Currently Reading

Mike is currently reading

Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

by Andrew Solomon

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Mike said: " Ch. 1
* Reproduction is actually production. We want ourselves to live forever not necessarily someone independent of ourselves
* We often are prideful of being different from out parents but sad out kids are different from us.
* Vertical identity is ty ...more "

Dec 26, 2023 07:55PM · see review

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Iron John: A Book About Men

by Robert Bly

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Mike said: " * old stories no longer help modern man
* Iron John is about leaving the mother's realm for the father's realm
* goal is find a mentor not your father... a second king
* Men's grief increasing since the Industrial Revolution
* Men's revolution tied to wo ...more "

Dec 26, 2023 08:24PM · see review

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Reconstruction: A Concise History

by Allen C. Guelzo

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Mike said: " * Reconstruction was 12 years of trying to bring country back together after the Civil War. 1865-1877. Bitterness grew in Southerners and Lost Cause took off. Greatest missed opportunity Americans ever had to erase the treacherous impact of slavery a ...more "

Nov 01, 2022 07:52PM · see review

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