Jen L Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)
Philippa Perry
#25booksof22 Philippa Perry’s The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: initially a hard read if your kids are past the baby stage and you find yourself being faced with everything you did ‘wrong’🙈but the main thing I learnt is that the repair is more important than the rupture
Hardcover, 2020
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)
Maggie Shipstead
#25booksof22 Maggie Shipstead’s Seating Arrangements: couldn’t be more different from Great Circle - the story of a messed up rich family coming together for a wedding.
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Power
Naomi Alderman
#25booksof22 Naomi Alderman’s The Power: a feminist must read. This goes to some dark places but is ultimately only a reflection of what (some not all) men do now in non-fictional life. Also, aside from that it would be fun to be all electrical ⚡️
Paperback, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Amy and Isabelle
Elizabeth Strout
#25booksof22 Elizabeth Strout’s Amy and Isabelle: the story of a mother daughter relationship as they navigate both growing older in a small town. Triggering if your daughter is also called Amy.
Paperback, 2000
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
#25booksof22 Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead: had no idea this was a re-work of David Copperfield as I was reading but prob enjoyed it more for it. A real eye opener on the effect of addictive pain killers on small town America.
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book