Ellen Barry 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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Ellen Barry is a journalist covering mental health. Covering mental health for the New York Times, former Boston, Delhi, Moscow bureau chief. At home in New England. Retweet ≠ endorsement. ebarry@nytimes.com.

Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen
RT @susanchira: How Sara Gruen, of Water for Elephants, ended up nearly broke, seriously ill, and fearing for her life in her quest to free…
Paperback, 2007
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
Did you know Rudyard Kipling wrote "The Jungle Book" at the house he designed and built outside Brattleboro, Vermont? And that you can stay there? https://t.co/WUsG20zMWa
Paperback, 2009
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A History of Present Illness
Anna DeForest
To anyone caring for someone near the end of life, “A History of Present Illness” provides a powerful argument to push back against the juggernaut of the hospital, to wrest control of the process.
Hardcover, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Commonwealth
Ann Patchett
@teri_atthepaper Ann Patchett, anything, but specifically Commonwealth
Paperback, 2017
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel; New, Complete, Uncensored Version
Anatoly Kuznetsov
"One cannot explain it with words. It cannot be told.” @JenLouiseWilson on the reissued notebook of Anatoly Kuznetsov, which chronicles the Nazi occupation of Kyiv and the slaughter at Babi Yar. https://t.co/bhf2jm7Ird
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To Build a Fire
Jack London
@growingwisdom In "To Build a Fire," Jack London's unnamed character spits to see how cold it is; if it's 50 degrees below zero, spit freezes in the air before it hits the ground. It's not that cold.
Paperback, 2009
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book