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The Woman They Could Not Silence

January 21, 2022

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The general consensus among people who know me is I don’t need more reading that could make me angry. This might be true, but as history is written by the victors and the victors for centuries have ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, history, social issues, women

Unbound by Tarana Burke

September 17, 2021

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It’s likely you don’t know who Tarana Burke is, but almost impossible you’ve never seen the words that became the hashtag that defined one of the biggest social justice movements in American history. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: memoir, racism, social issues, women

Dear Miss Metropolitan

July 6, 2021

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I was a prisoner for so, so long. Years. How was that humanly possible? Why didn’t anyone find me? How had my page been torn out the book for so long?   Sometimes, when I finish a book, the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: crime, debut, literary, social issues

One Two Three by Laurie Frankel

June 7, 2021

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Bourne has always been a small town, but after the chemical plant polluted its waters, killing off citizens with cancers and producing a generation of children all impacted by carcinogens and other ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, family, social issues

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

May 24, 2021

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I often talk about fiction that evokes strong emotion, but I’m not as likely to find it in nonfiction. Until now. Patrick Keefe’s Empire of Pain has left me angrier than I’ve been in a long time. The ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: history, social issues, true crime, wealth

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