autobiographical

Little Things: A Memoir in Slices | Jeffrey Brown

1. Got to spend last Saturday out with my oldest (26) and youngest (9) and see the oldest's new apartment.
2. Part of that visit included a trip to Barnes and Noble.
3. Had a good dr visit with my middle yesterday, and her doc is so kind and understanding.
4. There's a dog in my lap. 😊
5. The coffee has been especially good this week.

#5JoysFriday
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TheBookHippie Good doctors are so wonderful!! 6mo

DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛💛💛 Yay to family time & good doctors! 🎉 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 6mo

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Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast | Daniel Duane

Reading this for May bookclub and enjoying. Thank you Marge for selecting it.

In his acknowledgments the author thanks his mother for her love of language and his father for his love of story, both of which he uses copiously in this book.

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Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir | Terry Helwig

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Prompt: MOONLIGHT

Welcome to the 50's.....Grandma and Grandpa taking care of children, Mom gone, only Dad. Doesn't sound like the 50's to me....sounds more like the way families are today.

A nostalgic trip back to a life that should have been filled with stable families, but…

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Eggs Sounds good 👍🏼 13mo

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No Such Thing as a Bad Day | Hamilton Jordan

I‘m a little late with this, but last week I received #athingaday from @DinoMom and it made my day! I put the coffee pins up at my cubicle in my grad office 😊🍂☕️💛

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Leniverse

Life of Contrasts the Autobiography | Diana Mosley

My almost-teen has very specific but eclectic interests. 😂 These are his recent purchases. On the one hand he still loves Captain Underpants and Dog Man, and has read all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books multiple times. On the other his bedtime reading lately has been geopolitical non-fiction. He's finished Prisoners of Geography, and is ready to move on to The Power of Geography.

#RaisingReaders

TrishB Mixing it up Litsy style! 2y

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Your Voice in My Head | Emma Forrest

so-so

moments of wit and even lyricism, and the opening is charming, but it descends into relentlessly charmless narcissism. The superficial manic pixie dream girl surface glitter may seem fun, but a warning: it may be triggering as it deals with cutting, rape, suicide, & eating disorders in a glib tone. Uneven & I ended up wishing the writer's parents had written their memoirs as they came across as fun, well-rounded and empathetic. The writer did not

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Robotswithpersonality

Gender Failure | Rae Spoon, Ivan E. Coyote

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So so much to partially identify with - just more proof that everyone's experience of failing gender is different.
I think Rae's journey resonates more with me personally, especially the retiring from gender and gender as narrative portions.
Ivan's journey to get and recover from top surgery told throughout is beautiful and emotional and funny, it feels like the backbone of the book. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality But if medical discussion of surgery/description of surgery recovery makes you queasy like yours truly, be aware it's included.

Also warning for eating disorder/disordered eating.

Ivan's Facilites and Danger chapters are particularly impactful, as much for the writing as the subject matter. I feel like highlighting every page.I am so grateful for how vulnerable these two NB people chose to be in sharing their experiences. 2y

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