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Renata rated In Memory of Memory: 4 stars

In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale
With the death of her aunt, Maria Stepanova is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old …
Renata rated The Bell Jar: 4 stars
Renata rated Revolution at Point Zero: 2 stars
Renata rated With Teeth: 2 stars
Renata rated How to Do Nothing: 4 stars

How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our …

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
This book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr. It's …
Renata rated Are you my mother?: 5 stars

Are you my mother? by Alison Bechdel
From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazine’s No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir …

Hunger by Roxane Gay
Renata rated On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: 5 stars

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the …
Renata rated The Secret Commonwealth: 4 stars
Renata rated Possession: 5 stars

Possession by A. S. Byatt
Winner of England’s Booker Prize and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and …
Renata rated Dora: a Headcase: 4 stars
Renata rated James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. The Fire Next Time: 3 stars

James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
From Amazon.com:
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave …