shannon carlin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Set at the height of the Belle Époque, Gabriële centers around the authors’ titular relative and her relationships with her husband, Spanish painter Francis Picabia, and her lover, Marcel Duchamp... a loving tribute to an important figure of the avant garde art movement

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Filmmaker, artist, and best-selling author Miranda July’s first novel in a decade is an intimate, fearless, and sexy coming-of-middle-age story about a woman hellbent on reinventing herself.

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Critic Maris Kreizman finds power in disillusionment. Across 10 politically charged essays, she writes about losing faith in American institutions, the myth of the “good” Democrat, living in a capitalist society with Type 1 diabetes, and moving further to the political left in her 40s.

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By giving herself over to her indulgences, MacNicol learns to live her best life. With her book, she encourages others to do the same.

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For fans of Prozac Nation and Girl, Interrupted... Tendler dissects her past romantic relationships in hopes of understanding herself better. But Men Have Called Her Crazy is not really about her exes—it’s a portrait of a woman finally coming into her own and reclaiming her story.

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Julia Elliott’s latest short story collection, is full of feral fairytales with a gothic twist... Blurring the line between reality and fantasy, Hellions provides an unsettling look at what it means to be alienated in our technology-driven world.

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For fans of Hilary Mantel: a bawdy work of medieval historical fiction that tells the little-known story of Lambert Simnel, a peasant boy who, at 10 years old, discovers he is the secret heir to Richard III’s throne.

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Across eight intimate essays, the author tackles her Haitian roots, the COVID-19 pandemic, and America’s societal woes. With heart, humor, and outrage, she writes about xenophobia, Haiti’s climate refugees, and the horrors of experiencing a mass shooting hoax at a Miami mall.

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Odell shows how the clock we live by is built for profit, not people. And she warns that if we don’t leave it behind, it will destroy us... Odell’s journey to find the best way to use our limited time on earth is an eye-opening look at what it really means to be alive.

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In his poignant new memoir, Álvarez traces the history of the titular instrument in hopes of better understanding his own family’s mysterious lineage. With empathy and humor, the author dares to find the root cause of his generational trauma with the hope of breaking the cycle.

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