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Book Cover for: Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims

Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

Julie Lythcott-Haims
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So happy to see dear Grotto friends @RaiseAnAdult and @devislaskar on this May Bay Area Book List from the always generous @MegWClayton! Congrats Devi on the release of your latest novel CIRCA and Julie on the paperback of YOUR TURN: How to Be an Adult. Thanks, @baynewsmatters! https://t.co/HcCvb8Y8bi

Paperback, 2022

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Chimerica, Anita Felicelli

Chimerica

Anita Felicelli
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Photos from last night’s book launch for LIKE WATER AND OTHER STORIES by @sfgrotto member Olga Zilberbourg @bowlga and CHIMERICA by @AnitaFelicelli. Wonderful reading & event hosted by @WTAWPress @peg_a_pursell 🧡💙 Order books here: https://www.wtawpress.org/shop https://t.co/e80Yw1yhzQ

Paperback, 2019

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Brave in the Water, Stephanie Wildman

Brave in the Water

Stephanie Wildman
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We're also big fans of Stephanie Wildman, Jenni Feidler Aguilar, Dante, and BRAVE IN THE WATER. Congrats @SWildmanSF. https://t.co/wzWDOgK39K

Hardcover, 2021

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Chinese Groove, Kathryn Ma

The Chinese Groove

Kathryn Ma
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For your #readinglist: We're thrilled that @Kathryn_E_Ma's forthcoming second novel THE CHINESE GROOVE (@CounterpointLLC) received this starred @KirkusReviews! https://t.co/l4NqGStQHF https://t.co/9nao8nNT1t

Hardcover, 2023

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas, Roberto Lovato

Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas

Roberto Lovato
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The Grotto's own Roberto Lovato's @robvato brilliant book "Unforgetting" is called out in the @nytimes for National Hispanic Heritage Month as a book that blends memoir with exhaustive reporting. Pick up your copy today at a local bookstore. https://www.nytimes.com/article/latino-books.html?smid=em-share

Paperback, 2021

$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: 60 Days to a Greener Life: Ease Eco-Anxiety Through Joyful Daily Action, Heather White

60 Days to a Greener Life: Ease Eco-Anxiety Through Joyful Daily Action

Heather White
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Excellent #savetheplanet tips here. ALSO don't miss @dianakapp author of GIRLS WHO GREEN THE WORLD @booksonthepark on April 22nd, Earth Day with Heather White author of ONE GREEN THING, and @chriscolin3000 author of OFF: THE DAY THE INTERNET DIED. https://t.co/8VeN9xir7N https://t.co/j9vUFYpays

Paperback, 2024

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: One Long Listening: A Memoir of Grief, Friendship, and Spiritual Care, Chenxing Han

One Long Listening: A Memoir of Grief, Friendship, and Spiritual Care

Chenxing Han
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And our brilliant @meetingfaith interviews @chenxing_han re One Long Listening: A Habit of Love, A Memoir of Offering Care. #BABF2023 https://t.co/a9dgQMlggs

Paperback, 2023

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Oxford Bookworms Library: The Joy Luck Club: Level 6: 2,500 Word Vocabulary, Amy Tan

Oxford Bookworms Library: The Joy Luck Club: Level 6: 2,500 Word Vocabulary

Amy Tan
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"It’s a universal tale that naturally leads to self-reflection and conversations about the changing relationship between mothers and daughters, and the choices we make, good and bad, early in life and late, which determine our identity." —Amy Tan, author of THE JOY LUCK CLUB

Paperback, 2008

$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Some Days the Bird, Heather Bourbeau

Some Days the Bird

Heather Bourbeau
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We're still cheering for @HFBourbeau and Anne Casey on the publication of their powerful new poetry collection SOME DAYS THE BIRD from Beltway Editions. Full details here: https://t.co/uLKw58bNHy https://t.co/T2PgwOJEUt

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Circa, Devi S. Laskar

Circa

Devi S. Laskar
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So happy to see dear Grotto friends @RaiseAnAdult and @devislaskar on this May Bay Area Book List from the always generous @MegWClayton! Congrats Devi on the release of your latest novel CIRCA and Julie on the paperback of YOUR TURN: How to Be an Adult. Thanks, @baynewsmatters! https://t.co/HcCvb8Y8bi

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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