Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
By: Stephanie Land
3.85
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
At 28, Stephanie Land’s plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northw…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Our space was a home because we loved each other in it."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"Being poor, living in poverty, seemed a lot like probation - the crime being a lack of means to survive."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"Most of my friendships had faded over the last year because I’d isolated myself and hidden from the embarrassment of my daily life."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"My parents had moved on leaving me emotionally orphaned. I vowed to never put the same amount of physical and emotional space between Mia and me."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
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1. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By: Matthew Desmond
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
2. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
By: J.D. Vance
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a former Marine and Yale Law School Graduate, a poignant account of growing up in a poor Appal… read more
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3. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
4. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
5. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
6. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
7. Counting the Cost
By: Jill Duggar
4.06
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more
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- biography
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"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
8. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
By: Stephanie Land
3.85
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
At 28, Stephanie Land’s plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northw… read more
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- biography
- memoir
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
- poverty
- adult
- sociology
- audiobook
"Our space was a home because we loved each other in it."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"Being poor, living in poverty, seemed a lot like probation - the crime being a lack of means to survive."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"Most of my friendships had faded over the last year because I’d isolated myself and hidden from the embarrassment of my daily life."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"My parents had moved on leaving me emotionally orphaned. I vowed to never put the same amount of physical and emotional space between Mia and me."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
9. The Woman in Me
By: Britney Spears
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"But then, when it came time to end the conservatorship, I realized one thing: You can’t fuck with a woman who knows how to pray. Really pray. All I did was pray."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Later, I walked all the way home so I could take in the city, breaking one of my heels along the way. When I got to my apartment, I went to my terrace and just looked up at the stars for hours. At th…"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Giving a person no grace in a hard time is just not nice. Especially when you can't take as good as you give. When I started to speak and throw it back at them a little, God knows they were far from …"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures
By: Shelby Van Pelt
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures
12. Hello Beautiful
By: Ann Napolitano
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
13. Yellowface
By: R.F. Kuang
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says… read more
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- audiobook
"The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hu…"-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
14. 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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- social justice
- poverty
- sociology
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"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
15. The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
By: Nita Prose
3.83
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover t… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"We all make mistakes. It’s what we do after that matters."-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
"Mr. Grimthorpe and I have always maintained that books can rehabilitate anyone."-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
"You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable."-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
"It's a matter of polish," I say. "With most things, especially masterpieces, it's about removing the tarnish to reveal the shine."-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
16. Sociopath: A Memoir
By: Patric Gagne
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more
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"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
17. I'm Glad My Mom Died
By: Jennette McCurdy
4.46
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her strugg… read more
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"I feel like the world is divided into two types of people: people who know loss and people who don't."-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
"My grandma frequently refers to me as "bitch". She always throws a little extra salt on the word too, for effect."-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
"Even if that thing makes you very uncomfortable at times. Even if that thing puts a lot of pressure on you. Even if that thing is very stressful. Sometimes it’s just nice to feel good at something."-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
"She wanted this. And I wanted her to have it. I wanted her to be happy. But now that I have it, I realize that she’s happy and I’m not. Her happiness came at the cost of mine. I feel robbed and explo…"-Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died
18. If You Would Have Told Me
By: John Stamos
3.81
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more
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19. The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
By: Lara Love Hardin
4.46
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
No one expects the police to knock on the million-dollar, two-story home of the perfect cul-de-sac … read more
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20. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
By: Matthew Perry
3.91
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
“Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I … read more
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"Addiction is like the Joker. It just wants to see the whole world burn."-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
"I wasn't fully me yet; I was just parts of me (and not the best parts, either)."-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
"My mother is beautiful; she was a star in every room she entered. And she's certainly the reason I'm funny."-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
"Addiction, the big terrible thing, is far too powerful for anyone to defeat alone. But together, one day at a time, we can beat it down."-Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
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