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Emma Norton
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If you enjoy reading and weeping over books, then this is the place for you! Come discuss moving novels and recommend new books to others. Open to everyone who enjoys chatting and getting to know other bookworms!
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The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
Semiautobiographical novel of the authors experience with mental illness. Plath chose to publish the story as a novel even though it is a reflection of her life. She uses the tale of a 19-year-old Esther Greenwood to discuss topics of identity, feminism, and metamorphosis as well as her own experience battling depression.
September 15, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
A Memoir
2005 memoir by author Jeannette Walls. Walls recounts her dysfunctional and nomadic yet vibrant upbringing, emphasizing her resilience and her father’s attempts toward redemption. Showing the dynamic of family, poverty, perseverance, the importance of education, and nonconformance.
September 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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Its Not Yet Dark (A Memoir)
Simon Fitzmaurice
Just at the age of 35, Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. He refused to be subdued and instead let his spirit rise rather than fall. In this memoir, he is brutally honest in his desire to feel pain. Demonstrating the forceful influence of time, love, art and the human spirit.
September 11, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Hello everyone! My name is Emma and I am infatuated with touching novels that make me question everything in life. Here I will be posting recommendations of novels to others who enjoy emotive, emotional books. Also would love to hear from you of other suggestions in the comments below!

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September 11, 2024 at 8:26 PM