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The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky
The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky: A novel | Jana Casale
For fans of Maggie Shipstead and Emma Straub, an ambitious, timely, and timeless debut that celebrates the joys and confusions of modern womanhood Leda is a girl who knows what she wants and who she is--or at least believes she does. When we meet her as a college student in Boston--confident, intelligent, independent--she's hopeful that a flirty chat with a cute boy reading a book in a caf will lead to romance. They have a fleetingly awkward conversation that dwindles into little more than mortifying embarrassment, but the encounter does leave her one positive, and ultimately transformative, thought: Leda decides she wants to read Noam Chomsky. So she promptly buys a book and never--ever--reads it. As the days, years, and decades of the rest of her life unfold, we watch Leda confront what it is that she really wants and who it is that she is really meant to be. Whether it's a clumsy New Year's Eve kiss, the first time she sees the man she will marry, her daughter's tantrum in an IHOP parking lot, the agony of knowing a friend is being cheated on, or the revival of her creative ambitions in a community writing group, all of Leda's experiences--the everyday and the milestones--prove to her that even our best-laid plans are not the only paths to happiness. Hilarious and heartbreaking, gorgeously precise, and disarmingly honest, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky is a remarkable literary feat that speaks to urgent questions women face today, even as it offers the possibility that, in the end, it might all be okay.
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Taylor
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A special novel. It had me breaking down life in all its moments—from the mundane and boring to the extraordinary, and the strange, beautiful tie between these.

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Taylor

This novel is modern, artsy, thoughtful, and it‘ll get gut wrenching out of nowhere; kind of a slow burn but I‘m really enjoying it. It‘d make for a cool television series. I‘d watch that.

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HotCocoaReads
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This was an honest look into the life of a woman who suffers from insecurities while in college, then into a relationship, into marriage and ultimately into her family. Clearly Casale knows how to write. Some chapters were extraordinarily brilliant, and then sometimes I was thinking how I didn‘t like the main character. It felt a little disjointed at times but overall ended very beautifully.

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AlexGeorge
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Post-Christmas treat. I‘ve been saving this one.

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BookNAround
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I had to put this down to go to my husband‘s company Christmas party tonight. I‘d have preferred to stay on the couch and read since I don‘t much enjoy parties.

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TheClevelander
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I absolutely loved this book. I loved the writing, I loved the story, I loved the collection of moments that make a life. It was honest and sometimes painful and uncomfortable and often moving. What a lovely surprise.

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SW-T
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Not for me. Nothing about this book was appealing or interesting to me. Moving on.

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TheClevelander
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“For the most part she lived her life thinking of herself as a person, Leda. But then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, out of the cold harsh common dregs of patriarchy, some man would jump up and remind her she was in fact not a person at all but a woman.”

I‘ve already made some sort of loud honk/laugh sound three times while reading this book, and I‘m only on page 18. I think we‘re going to have fun together, book and I.

CarolynM Sounds very good. Stacked. 6y
KateFulfordAuthor @TheClevelander if you like funny ... and you‘re in the mood for a sassy & funny narrator, may I recommend my debut? Check the link in the bio for all the info you need. 6y
TheClevelander Stacked it, @katefulfordauthor. I‘ll share my thoughts soon! 6y
KateFulfordAuthor @TheClevelander Thanks so much Suzanne 6y
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SW-T
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There‘s something about a cup of tea that makes everything seem better. ☕️ 🍵

#teaandabook #tea #tea_sipping_bookworm #teaandbooks

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Lola
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@DeweysReadathon won‘t be able to read for the whole 24 hours but I‘m hoping to finish both of these and maybe even get in 12in24. Here we go! #reversereadathon #deweysjuly #readathon @DeweysReadathon

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sumaiyya.books
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Starting this one just now ♥️ I‘ve seen a LOT of mixed reviews, so if you‘ve read it I‘d love to know what you thought ♥️

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BookNAround
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It‘s a blustery day but I got to be out in the boat in the place of my heart. The tagged book is the one I‘m likely to still be reading when I fly home tomorrow.

Redwritinghood That looks so nice! Wish I was there. 6y
HOTPock3tt I just love being on a boat! ❤️Any chance I get 6y
Cathythoughts Beautiful 6y
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HardcoverHearts
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Second panel for the day!! #bayareabookfestival

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Panpan
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DarcysMom
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DarcysMom
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Catching up in my staggering #NetgalleyTBRList
#Netgalley

Cinfhen Mine is soooooo bad....I can‘t even think about it 😬😬😬😬 7y
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Lissa00
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3.5 stars. This started off so strangely but I kept reading out of pure curiosity. I‘m glad I did! It is the inner thoughts of one woman from college through all life‘s major events. At times it seemed to turn into stream of consciousness which felt forced and odd but there were instances of insight that struck a chord. I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley.

Quasifesto It‘s a shame she never read Chomsky. 7y
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Dianeham
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Just remembered that I have an ARC of this from Penguin that expires in 30 days. So putting this on next to be read list - top of the list. #ARC

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