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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Cheryl Strayed

Why we're reading this: An advice book that really responds to the question WTF WTF WTF in an authentic way (and that contains en…more
[close] An advice book that really responds to the question WTF WTF WTF in an authentic way (and that contains enough pithy statements to provide a few words to live by every day without ever seeming trite, cloying, or reductive).

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Aug 29, 2014 Rincey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014

Listened to this on audiobook. I treated this as more like a collection of essays than actual self-help, which I think curved my opinion of this more positively. And I don't necessarily agree with everything she gives as "advice" but damn. This book is so well written and the stories are heartbreaking and I it made me want to be more compassionate toward people because we all have our weird things that we have to work through and need that bit of sugar. ...more

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Nov 02, 2014 Erin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: book-club, nonfiction

I liked Cheryl Strayed after reading Wild. I ADORE Cheryl Strayed after reading this book. As Steve Almond says in his great introduction she is "both irreverent and brutally honest...a woman with a troubled past and a slightly reckless tongue."

First, this is not simply a book of advice and it's not just for women (a fair number of the questions come from men) - this is a reflection on Strayed's life and how our experiences both make us human and unite us all.....I highlighted a number of sectio ...more

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