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Joanna Theiss Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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21 books
Book Cover for: Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over, Nell Painter

Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over

Nell Painter
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

β€œIf you live long enough and you persist, you are going to get recognition; you must stay in the game.” - Nell Painter, OLD IN ART SCHOOL

Paperback, 2019

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Unstitched: My Journey to Understand Opioid Addiction and How People and Communities Can Heal, Brett Ann Stanciu

Unstitched: My Journey to Understand Opioid Addiction and How People and Communities Can Heal

Brett Ann Stanciu
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

My review of Brett Ann Stanciu's memoir UNSTITCHED. A different perspective on addiction than the typical,with the added pleasure of Stanciu's quietly beautiful descriptions of small town Vermont. #booktwitter #memoir https://t.co/Y6bQ8YjcBx

Paperback, 2021

$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: In a Lonely Place, Dorothy B. Hughes

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

@bdjansenphd Dorothy Hughes, IN A LONELY PLACE

Paperback, 2017

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story, Grant Faulkner

The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story

Grant Faulkner
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

"I've heard people say that flash has no room or time to linger... but I question that. Perhaps a short-short can linger the way we linger on a street corner, not realizing the light has changed." - Grant Faulkner, The Art of Brevity

Paperback, 2023

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships, Nina Totenberg

Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

Nina Totenberg
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

"And then of course, there is lust. Young people may think it wanes later in life. They are wrong." - Nina Totenberg, DINNERS WITH RUTH πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

Paperback, 2024

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Most Fun We Ever Had (Reese's Book Club Pick), Claire Lombardo

The Most Fun We Ever Had (Reese's Book Club Pick)

Claire Lombardo
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

@mrsjcheung The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo

Paperback, 2021

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown, Taylor Harris

This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown

Taylor Harris
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

Terrific description of anxiety from Taylor Harris in THIS BOY WE MADE: "Detached but efficient under real pressure, a panicked mess when no real threat exists. My brain... craves permission - the sound of a blank shot through the air - to run at full speed."

Paperback, 2023

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Daughters of the New Year, E. M. Tran

Daughters of the New Year

E. M. Tran
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

Picked up my copy of DAUGHTERS OF THE NEW YEAR by @etran3 from @PoliticsProse this weekend. Can't wait to get started! https://t.co/1JEDDoJgCW

Hardcover, Large Print, 2022

$39.95Member price:$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Proof of Life, Marshall Laurie

Proof of Life

Marshall Laurie
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

I reviewed Proof of Life by @LaurieMMarshall from @EmergeJournal You should read it, and buy this amazing book! https://t.co/dM4wVVetN0

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Book Cover for: Voltaire in Love, Nancy Mitford

Voltaire in Love

Nancy Mitford
Joanna TheissJoanna Theiss

"She was waiting, unconsciously, for that revolution which often comes in the life of a woman no longer young and directs the future course of her existence." Nancy Mitford, Voltaire in Love

Paperback, 2012

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book