GoodReads Rating: 3.81/5
From one of the fiercest
critics writing today, Morgan Jerkins’ highly-anticipated collection of
linked essays interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture,
feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism with her own experiences
to confront the very real challenges of being a black woman
today—perfect for fans of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists.
Morgan Jerkins is only in her twenties, but she has already
established herself as an insightful, brutally honest writer who isn’t
afraid of tackling tough, controversial subjects. In This Will Be My Undoing,
she takes on perhaps one of the most provocative contemporary topics:
What does it mean to “be”—to live as, to exist as—a black woman today?
This is a book about black women, but it’s necessary reading for all
Americans.
Doubly disenfranchised by race and gender, often deprived of a place
within the mostly white mainstream feminist movement, black women are
objectified, silenced, and marginalized with devastating consequences,
in ways both obvious and subtle, that are rarely acknowledged in our
country’s larger discussion about inequality. In This Will Be My Undoing,
Jerkins becomes both narrator and subject to expose the social,
cultural, and historical story of black female oppression that
influences the black community as well as the white, male-dominated
world at large.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.31/5
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Writing begins with King’s childhood and his uncannily early focus on
writing to tell a story. King next turns to the basic tools of his trade
and culminates with a profoundly moving account of how King’s
overwhelming need to write spurred him toward recovery.
“If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write.”
In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft — and his life.
By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both.
And in his months of recovery, the link between writing and living
became more crucial than ever.
Rarely has a book on writing been so clear, so useful, and so
revealing. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King’s
childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. A
series of vivid memories from adolescence, college, and the struggling
years that led up to his first novel, Carrie, will afford readers a
fresh and often very funny perspective on the formation of a writer.
King next turns to the basic tools of his trade — how to sharpen and
multiply them through use, and how the writer must always have them
close at hand. He takes the reader through crucial aspects of the
writer’s art and life, offering practical and inspiring advice on
everything from plot and character development to work habits and
rejection.
Serialized in the New Yorker to vivid acclaim, On Writing culminates
with a profoundly moving account of how King’s overwhelming need to
write spurred him toward recovery, and brought him back to his life.
Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower — and entertain — everyone who reads it.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.39/5
From the actor who lived
through the most improbable Hollywood success story, with an
award-winning narrative nonfiction writer, comes the inspiring,
fascinating and laugh-out-loud story of a mysteriously wealthy outsider
who sundered every road block in the Hollywood system to achieve success
on his own terms—the making of The Room, “the Citizen Kane of bad movies” (Entertainment Weekly).
In 2003, an independent film called The Room—written,
produced, directed, and starring a very rich social misfit of
indeterminate age and origin named Tommy Wiseau—made its disastrous
debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as “like getting stabbed
in the head,” the $6 million film earned a grand total of $1,800 at the
box office and closed after two weeks. Now in its tenth anniversary
year, The Room is an international phenomenon to rival The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Thousands of fans wait in line for hours to attend screenings complete
with costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic
spoons.
Readers need not have seen The Room to appreciate its costar
Greg Sestero’s account of how Tommy Wiseau defied every law of artistry,
business, and interpersonal relationships to achieve the dream only he
could love. While it does unravel mysteries for fans, The Disaster Artist
is more than just an hilarious story about cinematic hubris: It is
ultimately a surprisingly inspiring tour de force that reads like a
page-turning novel, an open-hearted portrait of a supremely enigmatic
man who will capture your heart.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.04/5
Goodreads CHOICE 2017 Winner
For the first time, Hillary
Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of
the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in
history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you
inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman
nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage,
sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction
twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules.
This is her most personal memoir yet.
In these pages, she describes what it was like to run against Donald
Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking and
devastating loss, and how she found the strength to pick herself back up
afterward. With humor and candor, she tells readers what it took to get
back on her feet—the rituals, relationships, and reading that got her
through, and what the experience has taught her about life. She speaks
about the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the
criticism over her voice, age, and appearance, and the double standard
confronting women in politics.
She lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented
assault on our democracy by a foreign adversary. By analyzing the
evidence and connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the
forces are that shaped the outcome, and why Americans need to understand
them to protect our values and our democracy in the future.
The election of 2016 was unprecedented and historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign and its aftermath—both a deeply intimate account and a cautionary tale for the nation.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.13/5
A deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country.
In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on
Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for
the past forty years; it was the one constant in what had become a
hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday
was a much-needed respite, a time to connect, a time to reflect on what
the year had brought, and what the future might hold. But this year felt
different from all those that had come before. Joe and Jill Biden’s
eldest son, Beau, had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor
fifteen months earlier, and his survival was uncertain. “Promise me,
Dad,” Beau had told his father. “Give me your word that no matter what
happens, you’re going to be all right.” Joe Biden gave him his word.
Promise Me, Dad chronicles the year that followed, which would
be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden’s extraordinary life
and career. Vice President Biden traveled more than a hundred thousand
miles that year, across the world, dealing with crises in Ukraine,
Central America, and Iraq. When a call came from New York, or Capitol
Hill, or Kyiv, or Baghdad — Joe, I need your help — he responded. For
twelve months, while Beau fought for and then lost his life, the vice
president balanced the twin imperatives of living up to his
responsibilities to his country and his responsibilities to his family.
And never far away was the insistent and urgent question of whether he
should seek the presidency in 2016.
The year brought real triumph and accomplishment, and wrenching pain.
But even in the worst times, Biden was able to lean on the strength of
his long, deep bonds with his family, on his faith, and on his deepening
friendship with the man in the Oval Office, Barack Obama.
Writing with poignancy and immediacy, Joe Biden allows readers to
feel the urgency of each moment, to experience the days when he felt
unable to move forward as well as the days when he felt like he could
not afford to stop.
This is a book written not just by the vice president, but by a father, grandfather, friend, and husband. Promise Me, Dad
is a story of how family and friendships sustain us and how hope,
purpose, and action can guide us through the pain of personal loss into
the light of a new future.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.17/5
Funny and poignant personal stories and reflections from former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush.
Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the
public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become
president; just twelve years later they stood by their father’s side
when he took the same oath. They spent their college years being trailed
by the Secret Service and chased by the paparazzi, with every teenage
mistake making national headlines. But the tabloids didn’t tell the
whole story of these two young women forging their own identities under
extraordinary circumstances. In this book they take readers on a
revealing, thoughtful, and deeply personal tour behind the scenes of
their lives, with never-before-told stories about their family, their
adventures, their loves and losses, and the special sisterly bond that
fulfills them.
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