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Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Victoria Chang

Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief

Victoria Chang

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0aly's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0aly's review
nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Resmaa Menakem

319 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0aly's review
nonfiction politics psychology race self help sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health by Zena Sharman

The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health

Zena Sharman

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0aly's review
nonfiction essays health lgbtqia+ poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

Gabor Maté

306 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0aly's review
nonfiction health psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

301 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0aly's review
nonfiction health psychology self help emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0aly's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak

354 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0aly's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel

Misfits: A Personal Manifesto

Michaela Coel

128 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0aly's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

268 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0aly's review
fiction crime literary mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced