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Cheryl Strayed Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Cheryl Strayed is a writer and podcast host. Writer, feminist, mother, traveler. #1 New York Times bestselling author of WILD, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, TORCH, & BRAVE ENOUGH. Also: Dear Sugar. (she/her/hers)

13 books
Book Cover for: Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, Mitchell Jackson

Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family

Mitchell Jackson
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I’m such a fan of this brilliant writer @mitchsjackson who I had the honor to interview at @broadwaybooks tonight. His latest book, Survival Math, is out in paperback. It’s a powerful, heart and mind expanding read. Go get it! https://t.co/4XuJwUMSTs https://t.co/mvSZWsWbNs

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson
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"It’s an extraordinary document, one that strikes me as an instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far." @DwightGarner on "Caste" by @Isabelwilkerson. https://t.co/zBnUGi86bN

Paperback, 2023

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Between the Mountain and the Sky: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope, Maggie Doyne

Between the Mountain and the Sky: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope

Maggie Doyne
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So excited that this beautiful memoir by @maggiedoyne is my @literati book club selection for June. In “Between the Mountain and the Sky” Maggie tells the moving and inspiring story about her life working with children in Nepal. I’ll be talking to Maggie… https://instagr.am/p/CeTo7EDrpUG/ https://t.co/c2fBtus461

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours, Sarah Sentilles

Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours

Sarah Sentilles
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I’ll be talking to the brilliant @sarahsentilles about her new memoir, Stranger Care, today at 6pm PST in a virtual event hosted by the wonderful folks at @elliottbaybookco. Hop on over to their profile for the link. Sarah’s book is so beautiful and true… https://t.co/DF1qo3Vjy5 https://t.co/XeLoX4S6y4

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Thrust, Lidia Yuknavitch

Thrust

Lidia Yuknavitch
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I’ll be chatting online with the great Lidia Yuknavitch tomorrow (Monday, Aug 22) at 3pm PST/6pm EST. You can watch it live at the link in my profile! If you have questions you want me to ask Lidia about her new book, Thrust, please put them in the comme… https://t.co/ozMoIUkGUR https://t.co/q5qLeH5Xuu

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich
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So excited to announce my March selection for my @literati book club. It’s the gorgeous novel “The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich, who has long been one of my favorite writers. This month my club is reading the wonderful “Spirit Run” by Noé Álvarez (s… https://t.co/Xo4VDxVufI https://t.co/un6HvL2ggg

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Heartburn, Nora Ephron

Heartburn

Nora Ephron
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I've been listening to old books on @audible_com recently and it's so great and NEW hearing rather than reading them. Ernest Hemingway's "Moveable Feast" and Nora Ephron's "Heartburn" were both fantastic. Any recommendations for me?

Paperback, 1996

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Wanting Was a Wilderness: Cheryl Strayed's Wild and the Art of Memoir (...Afterwords), Alden Jones

The Wanting Was a Wilderness: Cheryl Strayed's Wild and the Art of Memoir (...Afterwords)

Alden Jones
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Please join me and @jones_alden on Sept. 9 for this online event hosted by the @Center4Fiction. We'll talk about Alden's new book "The Wanting Was a Wilderness," writing memoir, and of course, hiking! You can find the details here. https://t.co/AJYEWqrI3l

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Book Cover for: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Katherine May

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May
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“Wintering” by @katherinemay_ was one of my favorite books last year. It’s this month’s selection for my @literati book club and I’m thrilled to be talking to her about it this Thursday, December 16th at 11am PST/2pm EST. You can join us live at the link… https://instagr.am/p/CXfOHFmLMiT/ https://t.co/GGtvUpTlpY

Hardcover, 2020

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir, Minda Honey

The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir

Minda Honey
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Full of warmth and humor and also so much wisdom and insight as [Honey] tells the sometimes funny, sometimes hard stories about about how she found herself while trying to find love.

Hardcover, 2023

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book