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Jen L Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did), Philippa Perry

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)

Philippa Perry
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#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
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Book Cover for: Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist), Maggie Shipstead

Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)

Maggie Shipstead
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#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
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Book Cover for: The Power, Naomi Alderman

The Power

Naomi Alderman
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#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
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Book Cover for: Amy and Isabelle, Elizabeth Strout

Amy and Isabelle

Elizabeth Strout
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#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
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Book Cover for: Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver
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#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
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