Matt Seidel 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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Black Butterflies
Priscilla MorrisMorris played around with how to write about her family’s wartime experience for years: as a journalistic piece, a short story, even a children’s book…The breakthrough made her feel reenergized, and revealed a promising path forward.
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Olive Days
Jessica Elisheva EmersonCounterpoint assistant editor Dan López praises the novel for the way it “speaks to the universal double bind so many women find themselves in between duty and desire.” Emerson’s story elucidates the grueling domestic responsibilities of modern Orthodox women.
Hardcover, 2024
$27.00Member price:$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Volcano Daughters
Gina María BalibreraBalibrera…neither wished to sensationalize nor elide the attack…Over many drafts, Balibrera strove to “write through” the massacre, filling in an overlooked tragedy of El Salvador’s history by giving voice to its victims, both living and dead.
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