Category: family-life
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Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a literary fiction novel about four women, around middle-aged and with African heritage, and the exploration of their dreams and what it means for them to be successful based on how they perceive life. It’s an expansive book that explores many themes. This is my first book from…
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There There by Thomas Orange is a contemporary novel surrounding a dozen or so members of the Native community and how their lives will inevitably be intertwined and affected. There There, unfortunately for me, is one of the worst novels I’ve fully completed in a while. There are just so many things that I did…
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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore is a psychological criminal and mystery thriller novel. With over 30k+ reviews on Amazon sitting at 4.5 stars along with high praises from practically everyone in the literary world, I couldn’t wait to begin. Upon taking just a few days to complete, I can confidently add my…
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall goes over a tragic bus accident in Jerusalem in which aboard were many kindergartner children. Having won the 2024 Pulitzer prize in the General Non-Fiction category, the book obviously has a lot to live up to. Although the main…
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This writing by Katie Engelhart of The New York Times won the 2024 Pulitzer prize in the ‘Feature Writing’ category. It talks about a topic I’m sure that hits way too close at home for many: dementia. Katie follow two sisters’ journey in Denison, Iowa as they fight for guardianship over their mother, Diane. Fearing…
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond is a 2017 Pulitzer winner in the General Non-Fiction category, covering the problem of home eviction and homelessness within Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although the author chooses to only cover eight or so people within this one city, his higher purpose is to generally highlight how…
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Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See is an historical fiction set in the late 15th century China during the Ming dynasty. Having shelved this novel for far too long, I am so glad I finally got the chance to read it. It is a beautifully written novel regarding Tan Yunxian, a woman born…
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World Without End by Ken Follet is the second of five novels in his popular Kingsbridge series. We are once again transported back to Kingsbridge, but 200 years later. Pillars of the Earth was a joy to read, and its sequel here follows the exact same formula, so I’m not expecting different results. Sure enough,…
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo gives a horrifying look inside one of Mumbai India’s most poverty-stricken slums. Prepare yourselves for sadness, anger, grief, helplessness, and a bit of joy, but not in the way you’d expect. Published in 2014, the events that take place occurs between 2007 through 2011. In a time when…
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The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton is a novel set in the near future where hurricanes ravage the southern state of Florida to the point where it becomes near impossible to inhabit. It has been such a long while since I could remember reading a more grounded story about humans dealing with real natural disasters…
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