Anne Helen Petersen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Anne Helen Petersen is a writer and journalist. I write Culture Study & also books — most recently, OUT OF OFFICE. Speaking: @prhspeakers IG: annehelenpetersen // email: annehelenpetersen @ gmail
The Forgotten Waltz
Anne EnrightAnne Helen PetersenSome of my favs of this particular genre: Shirley Hazzard, THE GREAT FIRE Lily King, EUPHORIA Richard Flanagan, NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH A.S. Byatt, POSSESSION Anne Enright, THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ
Paperback, 2012
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Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America
Kate WashingtonAnne Helen PetersenKate Washington, Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America https://t.co/CrDpJGPXc6
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara KingsolverAnne Helen PetersenPerfect if you like: a fully fledged uniquely voiced protagonist, the picaresque, Kingsolver (naturally), but I’d also recommend to fans of Louise Erdrich.
Paperback, 2024
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Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us
Alison Mariella DésirAnne Helen PetersenThrilled have Alison Désir in the newsletter today talking about her incredible new book, RUNNING WHILE BLACK https://t.co/Vw7YVpZ6nP
Hardcover, 2022
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Less
Andrew Sean GreerAnne Helen Petersen@rachmonroe Lol no but try Less by Andrew Sean Greer or (very on the nose but very good) This is Happiness, about Irish Electrification!
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Euphoria
Lily KingAnne Helen PetersenSome of my favs of this particular genre: Shirley Hazzard, THE GREAT FIRE Lily King, EUPHORIA Richard Flanagan, NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH A.S. Byatt, POSSESSION Anne Enright, THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ
Paperback, 2015
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Women Talking
Miriam ToewsAnne Helen PetersenAlso a plug for Miriam Toews, who wrote the book WOMEN TALKING — everyone loves All My Puny Sorrows but my recent favs are IRMA VOTH and FIGHT NIGHT
Paperback, 2020
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Crossing to Safety
Wallace StegnerAnne Helen PetersenAlso how many of us were ruined by reading Wallace Stegner's CROSSING TO SAFETY and thought our academia futures would be....not what they turned out to be https://t.co/3PTqQvHvVi
Paperback, 2002
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The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
Sandra FoxAnne Helen PetersenI saw the cover for The Jews of Summer, and I knew, immediately, I needed to read it... It’s so readable, it’s richly researched, and it asks provocative questions about the purpose of camp in general and Jewish camps in particular... I love this book.
Paperback, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Temp: The Real Story of What Happened to Your Salary, Benefits, and Job Security
Louis HymanAnne Helen PetersenBut downsizing, "leaning," massive budget cuts, & the hilarious idea that new technologies actually wholly eliminate labor reconfigured (and continue to reconfigure) the way we distribute work. Louis Hyman's TEMP is incredibly illuminating here: https://t.co/99KyrA5Ybi
Paperback, 2019
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