Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature
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The cracking open of a book’s spine has always been an exercise in self-discovery, healing, and fortification. That subtle whoosh when words spill out makes me salivate. Then the feel of the coarse pages under my fingertips delights my consciousness, the sudden sprinkling of syllables, the black-and-white letters in various patterns, coalescing to find their way directly to my heart. It’s magic.
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Books, for me, are lifesaving. They have been my companions, my teachers, my entertainment, my emotional outlets, my escape. They’ve taught me how to cook, how to love, how to mourn, how to cope, and how to feel. They’ve allowed me to sort through my own feelings and escape into someone else’s.
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trying not to step on the
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his sights
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The Red Tent, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, Isabel Allende’s Daughter of Fortune, and Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.
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The Barnes & Noble schedule from the New York Times clung
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All the Light We Cannot See
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The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel,
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commissioning a logo, hiring a lawyer,
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Sweetbitter
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Lean In
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Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big? Thoughts for Moms and Other Tired People by
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think A Million Little Pieces
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Goldbelly.com.
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Widowish
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Born to Fly.
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No Happy E...
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Moms Don’t Have Time to Write
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Moms Don’t Have Time to Lose Weight.
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Moms don’t have time to waste.