MaryLauraPh Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Mary Laura Philpott is an author. Author of BOMB SHELTER (@nytimes Editors' Choice & @npr Best Books of 2022) + I MISS YOU WHEN I BLINK | Anxious optimist https://t.co/lThvWWtG0G .
![Book Cover for: Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens, Kate Bowler](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593727676.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1711429128)
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
Kate Bowler![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
Oh lord, I’m crying laughing. Which — actually, I think this book is precisely for when you need to laugh while crying? Thank you, @katecbowler, for this. I love it all, especially your words.
Hardcover, 2024
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, Margaret Renkl](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781954118461.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709849330)
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
Here’s what I said about it on the back cover, and I stand by it: Margaret Renkl has the mind of a naturalist and the soul of a poet. Let this magnificent devotional be your eye-opening, heart-expanding daily companion, and it will change how you see the world.
Hardcover, 2023
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting, Clare Pooley](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781984878663.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753136)
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
Clare Pooley![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
@ErikaSwyler A relatively new one that's high on the feel-good scale is Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting (that's the US title; in the UK it's The People on Platform Five) by Clare Pooley. It's a delight!
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Time Is a Mother, Ocean Vuong](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593300251.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709841268)
Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
At Ocean Vuong's readings, his mom positioned her chair so she could watch people watching him. She'd say, "I don’t know what you’re saying, but I can see how their faces change when you speak.” ❤️ I loved TIME IS A MOTHER. Profile by @nicolesjchung: https://t.co/4fjVaXq2k8
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Signal Fires, Dani Shapiro](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593467961.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709846201)
Signal Fires
Dani Shapiro![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
It feels like this is the story Dani has been building toward all these years: a parabolic family drama about the way certain moments echo through time. I’ll never stop thinking about it. ✨🔥✨
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The God of the Woods, Liz Moore](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593418918.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1715553838)
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
This is a good one to read while poolside or on a flight or otherwise lucky enough to have some uninterrupted time... Don’t expect to set it down until you find out what happened to the missing kid(s) from this old-money family who run a summer camp. Atmospheric and haunting and thrilling.
Hardcover, 2024
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Leave the World Behind, Rumaan Alam](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780062667649.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709848717)
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
“Family life to me is like the emotional on-ramp to a text, for any reader. That gives you your access into the book.” The new spot for @Rumaan's eerie, pitch-perfect LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND starts airing on @npt8 this weekend. Read our full conversation: https://t.co/qBxfHOvxQ8
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Resisters, Gish Jen](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781432879969.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753137)
The Resisters
Gish Jen![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
Currently sitting in the very last row of a plane and taking a break from reading @pronounced_ing’s upcoming Our Missing Hearts only to say: it’s fabulous. Just started but it’s reminding me a bit of Gish Jen’s The Resisters. Thanks for keeping me company, Celeste!
Hardcover, Large Print, 2020
$30.99$15.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: That Summer, Jennifer Weiner](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781501133558.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1720393167)
That Summer
Jennifer Weiner![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
Make your Monday less Monday-ish by ending it on a fun note! Join @jenniferweiner and me for a conversation about friendship, family, beaches we have loved -- and of course, her latest novel, THAT SUMMER. Get tix here: https://www.rjjulia.com/event/virtual-jennifer-weiner-summer-conversation-mary-laura-philpott https://t.co/ycOChAC9c7
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club (a Novel), Celeste Ng](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593492666.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1713115693)
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club (a Novel)
Celeste Ng![MaryLauraPh](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/02a2950b-af10-4260-917f-e59eaf93a09f.webp)
Currently sitting in the very last row of a plane and taking a break from reading @pronounced_ing’s upcoming Our Missing Hearts only to say: it’s fabulous. Just started but it’s reminding me a bit of Gish Jen’s The Resisters. Thanks for keeping me company, Celeste!
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book