Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice
By: Andrea Freeman
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Born into a tenant farming family in North Carolina in 1946, Mary Louise, Mary Ann, Mary Alice, and…
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1. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
By: Ann Fessler
4.24
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and groundbreaking revelation of the secret history of the 1.5 million women who surrend… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
"Secrets keep families sick. You never keep secrets in families because even if the child doesn't know what the secret is, they will always know there is a secret."-Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
"We were not criminals. We're mothers. The difference was I was not an authenticated mother. I was an illegal mother. I was a denied mother. And I had to come home and live my life after being robbed …"-Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
2. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
By: Ina May Gaskin
4.36
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus year… read more
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- nonfiction
- health
"It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet."-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body."-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physic…"-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
"Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nu…"-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
3. Zeitoun
By: Dave Eggers
4.05
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on ter… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Then he got more books. He saved all the books."-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun
"Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is something like light."-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun
"His frustration with some Americans was like that of a disappointed parent. He was so content in this country, so impressed with and loving of its opportunities, but then why, sometimes, did American…"-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun
"The country he had left thirty years ago had been a realistic place. There were political realities there, then and now, that precluded blind faith, that discouraged one from thinking that everything…"-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun
4. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
By: Julie Lythcott-Haims
4.46
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate … read more
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- nonfiction
5. Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)
By: Libba Bray
3.84
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with … read more
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6. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
3.65
Format: 192 pages,
Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategyis … read more
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7. The Lacuna
By: Barbara Kingsolver
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City… read more
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8. The Cherry Orchard
By: Anton Chekhov , Tom Murphy
4.29
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin In Chekhov's tragi-comedy … read more
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9. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
By: Charles Brandt
4.12
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
10. The Mayor of Maxwell Street
By: Avery Cunningham
3.56
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
When a rich Black debutante enlists the help of a low-level speakeasy manager to identify the head … read more
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11. Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
By: Lucy Jones
4.54
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A radical new examination of the transition into motherhood and how it affects the mind, brain and … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- health
12. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- social justice
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
13. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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- nonfiction
- health
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
14. Swiped
By: L.M. Chilton
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The mystifying world of online dating gets a terrifying, clever, and darkly hilarious twist in this… read more
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15. Thicker than Water: A Memoir
By: Kerry Washington
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more
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- nonfiction
16. The House of Eve
By: Sadeqa Johnson
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more
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- race
17. The Late Americans
By: Brandon Taylor
3.38
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads In the shared and private sp… read more
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18. The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
By: Nadia Murad
4.47
Format: 13 pages, Audio CD
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Is… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
"I want to be the last girl in the world with a story like mine."-Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
"Every time I tell my story, I feel that I am taking some power away from the terrorists."-Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
"How is everything, Nadia," he said. "It's hot." I replied, smiling a little bit. "Never forget," Nasser said, teasing me. "It's very hot, Nasser, it's very hot."-Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
"Since leaving Kocho, I had begged for death, I had willed Salman to kill me or asked God to let me die or refused to eat or drink in the hopes I would fade away. I had thought many times that the man…"-Nadia Murad, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
19. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
By: Linda Villarosa
4.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • "A stunning exposé of why Black people in our society 'live sicker and di… read more
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- race
- history
- health
- nonfiction
- social justice
20. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
By: Resmaa Menakem
4.40
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more
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- race
- history
- health
- nonfiction
- social justice
- anti racist
"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
21. The Forgotten Chapter
By: Pam Jenoff
3.95
Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition
Out of the chaos and uncertainty of war, a shy young bookseller comes into her own in a short story… read more
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- feminism
22. The School for Good Mothers
By: Jessamine Chan
3.54
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781982156121 can be found here. In this taut and explosive d… read more
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"Lots of people are all cold and heartless. Who do you think works in a prison? Who do you think works on death row? It's a job."-Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
"A mother is always patient. A mother is always kind. A mother is always giving. A mother never falls apart. A mother is the buffer between her child and the cruel world."-Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
"Loneliness is a form of narcissism. A mother who is in harmony with her child, who understands her place in her child's life and her role in society, is never lonely. Through caring for her child, al…"-Jessamine Chan, The School for Good Mothers
23. Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
By: M. Nolan Gray
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
24. On the Rooftop
By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
3.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides wit… read more
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25. Home Sweet Home
By: Nicole Trope
3.88
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
Sometimes, the most perfect families are hiding the most terrible secrets. How well do you know the… read more
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26. Joyful Recollections of Trauma
By: Paul Scheer
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more
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- nonfiction
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
27. Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
By: Angela Garbes
4.22
Format: 256 pages, ebook
What to read after What to Expect . . . . A badass, feminist, and personal deep-dive into the scie… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- health
"The origins of the placenta can be traced back to a virus."-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
"Her enthusiasm for the organ is contagious. Enough to convince you that the alphabet posters in kindergarten classrooms should declare that "P" is for 'placenta'..."-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
"The foundation of the female pelvis is composed of two hip bones, which come together to form a deep bowl that is filled by the uterus, ovaries, bladder, urethra, vagina, and colon."-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
"Throughout pregnancy, I liked to lie in bed and imagine all the changes happening inside me: cells splitting, fingernails and eyelashes growing, veins spreading, brain and gray matter forming and fol…"-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
28. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
By: Gretchen Sisson
4.38
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- social justice
29. Redwood Court
By: DeLana R.A. Dameron
3.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its yo… read more
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- race
30. A Bit Much
By: Lyndsay Rush
4.42
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The debut poetry collection from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a humorous and joyfu… read more
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- nonfiction
31. Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice
By: Andrea Freeman
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Born into a tenant farming family in North Carolina in 1946, Mary Louise, Mary Ann, Mary Alice, and… read more
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- race
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- social justice
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