Memoirs Books
WW Norton & Co The Art and Politics of Science
Book SynopsisA Nobel Prize-winning cancer biologist, leader of major scientific institutions, and scientific adviser to President Obama reflects on his remarkable career.Trade Review"A perceptive book about science and its civic value, arriving as the White House renews its acquaintance with empiricism." -- The New York Times
£19.95
W. W. Norton & Company Where Light and Shadow Meet A Memoir
Book SynopsisIn plain eloquence, the woman who married Oskar Schindler tells the true story of their life together, what they did to save the Jews in their factories, and what led to "Schindler's list."
£16.00
W. W. Norton & Company Highway 61 A FatherandSon Journey through the Middle of America
Book SynopsisA father-and-son road trip through some of the most musically fertile and diverse landscapes in America.
£19.00
Random House USA Inc Motherland A Memoir of Love Loathing and Longing
Book Synopsis“I’m reading this book right now and loving it!”—Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WildHow can a mother and daughter who love (but don’t always like) each other coexist without driving each other crazy? “Vibrating with emotion, this deeply honest account strikes a chord.”—People“A wry and moving meditation on aging and the different kinds of love between women.”—O: The Oprah Magazine After surviving a traumatic childhood in nineteen-seventies New York and young adulthood living in the shadow of her flamboyant mother, Rita, a makeup-addicted former television singer, Elissa Altman has managed to build a very different life, settling in Connecticut with her wife of nearly twenty years. After much time, therapy, and wine, Elissa is at last in a healthy place, still orbiting around her mother bu
£13.29
Random House USA Inc Into the Magic Shop
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Penguin Putnam Inc Locally Laid
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Penguin Publishing Group AspergerS from the Inside out A Supportive and Practical Guide for Anyone with Aspergers Syndrome
Book SynopsisAn intimate, engaging, and insightful guide to coping with Asperger's-from one of the condition's most passionate advocates. Michael John Carley was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at thirty-six-when his young son received the same diagnosis. This fascinating book reveals his personal experience with the confusion and trauma associated with this condition-and offers insights into living an independent and productive life. Now the Executive Director of the world's largest Asperger's oranization, Carley helps readers in such areas as: - Social interactions - Nurturing interests - Whom to confide in-and how - Dealing with family and loved ones - Finding work that suits your strengths and talents
£14.24
Penguin Random House Group The Wind in the Reeds
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Invisible Kingdom
Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONNamed one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, The New Yorker, Time, and Vogue“Remarkable.” –Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book ReviewAt once a rigorous work of scholarship and a radical act of empathy.”—EsquireA ray of light into those isolated cocoons of darkness that, at one time or another, may afflict us all.” —The Wall Street JournalEssential.—The Boston GlobeA landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseasesA silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unr
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Random House USA Inc Born a Crime
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Random House USA Inc Born a Crime Stories from a South African
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid “Noah’s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa’s history that must never be forgotten.”—Esquire Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began wi
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Random House USA Inc Educated A Memoir
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University “Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle’s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her fa
£24.00
Random House USA Inc Everything Happens for a Reason
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Penguin Publishing Group The Ungarnished Truth A Cooking Contest Memoir
Book SynopsisA woman, a chicken dinner, a million dollars-and a romp through the heartland of America's competitive cooking culture. When Ellie Mathews entered her Salsa Couscous Chicken in the venerable Pillsbury Bake-Off, she never imagined she'd win the grand prize. Immediately after Alex Trebek announced that her dish had won a million dollars, she was thrown into the limelight. Booked with Oprah and Rosie-even photographed for the New York Times in a vest made of ostrich feathers-she instantly became the reigning queen of chickendom, the Pillsbury It Girl of the moment. With a dash of self-deprecating humor and a pinch of biting social commentary, Ellie takes readers on her roller coaster ride to the top of the food chain as the Pillsbury prizewinner. As a cooking contest insider, she goes behind the counter and beyond the aprons and oven mitts to reveal a fascinating slice of Americana.
£19.10
Penguin Publishing Group Im Sorry You Feel That Way The Astonishing But True Story of a Daughter Sister Slut Wife Mother and Fri End to Man and Dog
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£15.00
Penguin Putnam Inc An Angel from Hell Real Life on the Front Lines
Book SynopsisWith new material- the gripping war memoir by a young veteran and cast member of The Real World: Brooklyn. With new material about Ryan Conklin's second tour in Iraq, An Angel from Hell is a gritty, blunt, sometimes laugh-out-loud Iraq war memoir from the grunt's perspective. This is an edgy, candid report from the front lines and a captivating coming-of-age story by a young veteran and former cast member of The Real World: Brooklyn. With stunning candor and wisdom beyond his years, Ryan Conklin gives voice to a complex and life-changing experience for his generation.
£16.00
Penguin Random House LLC Confessions of a Surgeon The Good the Bad and the ComplicatedLife Behind the OR Doors
Book SynopsisAs an active surgeon and former department chairman, Dr Paul A Ruggieri has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of his profession. This title uncovers the truth about the abusive, exhaustive training and the arduous devotion of his old-school education. It explores the twenty-four-hour challenges that come from patients and their loved ones.
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Penguin Publishing Group Youll Be SorRee A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War
Book SynopsisSid Phillips, a World War II Marine Corps hero featured in HBO®'s The Pacific, offers up an invaluable firsthand account of the war against Japan. A mortarman with H-2-1 of the legendary 1st Marine Division, Sid was only seventeen years old when he entered combat with the Japanese. Some two years later, when he returned home, the island fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester had turned Sid into an Old Timer by Marine standards, and more: he left as a boy, but came home a man.These are his memoirs, the humble and candid tales that Sid collected during a Pacific odyssey spanning half the globe, from the grueling boot camp at Parris Island, to the coconut groves of Guadalcanal, to the romantic respite of Australia. Sid recalls his encounters with icons like Chesty Puller, General Vandergrift, Eleanor Roosevelt, and his boyhood friend, Eugene Sledge. He remembers the rain of steel from Japanese bombers and battleships, the Trade Review"For anyone who cares about the human dimension of war—its cost and its heroism—Sid Phillip's book is a must read."—Ken Burns, Emmy award-winning filmmaker of The War "We have an extraordinary opportunity now to recognize perhaps THE key player, if there is one, if there's ONLY one key player, he might be at the very top of the pyramid... a native of Mobile, Alabama, a man who appears over and over in our series... Dr. Sid Phillips."—Tom Hanks, Executive Producer, The Pacific"Like his life-long friend, Eugene Sledge, Sid Phillips speaks to us in these enchanting memoirs in his natural voice, engaging and modest, full of insight and intelligence, but ever alert to the lighter side of even the most dismal human circumstances. And like any great story teller, he leaves you wishing to hear a great deal more."—Richard B. Frank, author of Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
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Penguin Putnam Inc No Turning Back One Mans Inspiring True Story of
Book SynopsisThe word conquer has changed meaning for Bryan Anderson. As a U.S. Army Sergeant in Iraq, it meant taking down the enemy. After becoming Iraq’s fourth triple amputee from a roadside explosive, what he had to conquer got a bit more personal. On October 23, 2005, the moment Bryan looked down and realized he no longer had legs, he cracked a joke. It was a tragedy that could break many, but Bryan transformed it into something positive, something that propelled him forward. Despite grueling surgeries and rehabilitation, his goal has always been bigger than simply walking again. Making the most of life, he went for it, learning how to snowboard, water-ski, rock climb, and skateboard with his condition—even winning himself some gold medals to place next to his Purple Heart.In this inspiring memoir, Bryan shares his infectious love for life that touches anyone who’s faced hardship. Anyone, in any circumstance, can overcome the toughest challengesTrade Review“When I met Bryan Anderson, I knew I was meeting someone exceptional. He put me immediately at ease. Here he was, this triple amputee, with every reason to be pissed off at the world, meeting someone who never wore the uniform. He pulled himself up on the chair, smiled with that shit-eating grin of his, and told me his astounding story. Bryan is among that rare breed of hero, that takes in all the worst the world can heap on you, and lets it make him stronger, and makes the rest of us want to be better….he will make you think, and he will make you laugh, and you will be better for having read [his book].”—James Gandolfini "An undoubtedly admirable, inspirational story."—Kirkus Reviews
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Penguin Putnam Inc Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde
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£16.67
Little, Brown & Company Mr Funny Pants A Memoir of False Starts
Book SynopsisThe writer and star of various offbeat US comedy shows brings readers his uniquely absurd humour in his hilarious first book.Trade Review'Showalter is a comic genius. This is, cover to cover, the funniest book I've ever read!'(Dear Mike, Haven't time to check it out yet. Do you want to just write a quote and put my name on it? Best, Ben) - Ben StillerHere's the deal: I think Michael Showalter is a genius. And I don't use that term lightly. This book is brave, merciless, and soulful and I think that by that I actually mean stupid, smart and very funny (I mostly just wanted to use the word 'merciless' in a sentence.) If you see it on a friend's shelf do yourself a favor and just take it. Not the shelf. Just the book. Unless of course you need a shelf. Merciless!!! - Paul RuddI read Michael's book on a train. It was funny and engaging. I also once took a train with Michael. I wish that Michael, as a passenger sitting next to me, was as funny and engaging as his book was. - Janeane GarofaloProcrastination in written form. This book, like all great works, is honest, absurd and absolutely pointless. - Amy PoehlerWith MR. FUNNY PANTS, Showalter deconstructs books down to their core, then builds them back up into a swirling core-nado. Which is a tornado made out of book cores. It's not a real thing. This book is funny. - Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone of SNL and The Lonely IslandShowalter, Michael has written a very clever book. And he has written about writing a book, cleverly. Showalter, Michael asked me to write a blurb. It was easy to do-here it is: 'I very much really really liked this Mr. Funny Pants - a book so enjoyable that blurbing about it is so very easy. - Zach GalifianakisMR. FUNNY PANTS is unlike any book I've ever read. It's this weird, hilarious, choose-your-own-adventure inside Michael Showalter's brain -which is, of course, brilliant. I was at first skeptical of the premise of deconstructing the process of writing a book, but 10 pages in, I was literally crying with laughter and by the time he got to analyzing his own high school poetry, I could no longer read the book in public without embarrassing myself. - Mike Birbiglia, author of Sleepwalk With MeMichael Showalter: amusing trousers, singular mind. - Sarah Vowell, New York Times bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates
£999.99
Little, Brown & Company The Reading Promise
£19.31
Penguin Publishing Group The Next Big Story My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
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£15.00
Penguin Publishing Group To Selena with Love
Book SynopsisChris Perez tells the story of his relationship with music superstar Selena in this heartfelt tribute.One of the most compelling and adored superstars in Latin music history, Selena was nothing short of a phenomenon who shared all of herself with her millions of devoted fans. Her tragic murder, at the age of twenty-three, stripped the world of her talent and boundless potential, her tightly-knit family of their beloved angel, and her husband, Chris Perez, of the greatest love he had ever known. For over a decade, Chris held onto the only personal thing he had left from his late wife—the touching and sometimes painful memories of their very private bond. Now, for the first time, Chris opens up about their unbreakable friendship, their forbidden relationship, and their blossoming marriage that was cut short. Chris’s powerful story gives a rare glimpse into Selena’s sincerity and vulnerability when falling in love, stren
£17.00
Penguin Putnam Inc Sesenta Millas de Frontera
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£999.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Strength of a Champion Finding Faith and
Book SynopsisFollowing a stellar career as an NFL linebacker, O. J. Brigance joined the Baltimore Ravens’ front office. But in 2007, O.J. was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease—and given only three to five years to live. As a player, he’d battled hundreds of setbacks, but none prepared him for this. With faith and determination in his heart and his wife, Chanda, praying by his side, O.J. fought back against the debilitating disease, even as ALS robbed him of the ability to walk and speak. He kept working, smiling, and touching players’ lives all the way to the Ravens’ victory at Super Bowl XLVII in 2013—more than five years after his diagnosis. Now, O.J. shares his incredible story, offering lessons in resilience and reflecting on the team that inspired him in turn. With insights into the Ravens’ dynamics from the best seat in the house, O.J. highlights their perseverance, co
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Penguin Putnam Inc My Stroke of Insight
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Transformative...[Taylor's] experience...will shatter [your] own perception of the world." -ABC News "[Dr. Taylor] brings a deep personal understanding to something she long studied: that the two lobes of the brain have very different personalities." -The New York Times "Fascinating...invaluable...fearless...This book is about the wonder of being human." -Robert Koehler, Tribune Media Services
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Cumulus Publishing Limited Keeping the Dream Alive
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Cumulus Publishing Limited Jail Tales Memoirs of a Lady Prison Governor
£9.17
Eamon Wood A Backpack a Chair and a Beard
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£25.19
Castle Publishing Ltd Escapades in Fiji
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp An Addict in the Family
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£999.99
Katoosh Publishing Nz FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRIEF
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£18.78
Sarah-Jane Dunwoody Excess Baggage
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£19.84
Castle Publishing Ltd Kiwis Can Fly
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£15.99
Enrico Hoover Woody Tales Tall But True
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£19.00
Castle Publishing Ltd The Miracle of Forgiveness
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£11.99
Castle Publishing Ltd The Recycled Teen
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£12.99
Leanne J Minton London Longings
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£16.02
Lindy Kato Desperate Times
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£12.49
Vintage Espanol Amando a Pablo odiando a Escobar Loving Pablo
Book Synopsis¡Ahora en la gran pantalla!En julio de 2006 un avión de la DEA sacó a Virginia Vallejo de Colombia. Su vida estaba en peligro por haberse convertido en el testigo clave de los dos procesos criminales más importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX en su país: el asesinato de un candidato presidencial y el holocausto del Palacio de Justicia.Veinticinco años antes, Virginia Vallejo era la presentadora de televisión más importante de Colombia y la belleza profesional que aparecía en las portadas de las principales revistas. Cortejada por multimillonarios tradicionales, conoció en 1982 a Pablo Escobar, un misterioso político de treinta y tres años que en realidad manejaba los hilos de un mundo de riqueza inigualable en el que gran parte del incesante flujo de dinero procedente del tráfico de cocaína se canalizaba a proyectos de caridad y a las campañas
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Random House USA Inc The Back Channel
Book Synopsis“A masterful diplomatic memoir” (The Washington Post) from CIA director and career ambassador William J. Burns, from his service under five presidents to his personal encounters with Vladimir Putin and other world leaders—an impassioned argument for the enduring value of diplomacy in an increasingly volatile world. Over the course of more than three decades as an American diplomat, William J. Burns played a central role in the most consequential diplomatic episodes of his time—from the bloodless end of the Cold War to the collapse of post–Cold War relations with Putin’s Russia, from post–9/11 tumult in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Middle East to the secret nuclear talks with Iran.In The Back Channel, Burns recounts, with novelistic detail and incisive analysis, some of the seminal moments of his career. Drawing on a trove of newly declassified cables and memos, he gives readers a rare
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Random House Publishing Group Passing for Human
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Random House USA Inc Entangled Life
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. “Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Time, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nea
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Random House USA Inc Lost Found
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “profound and beautiful” (Marilynne Robinson) account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize“I will stake my reputation on you being blown away by Lost & Found.”—Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Bird by BirdWINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDALONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PeopleONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Esquire, Vulture, She Reads, Book Riot, Publishers WeeklyOne spring morning, Kathryn Schulz went to lunch with a stranger and fell in love.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Sixth Man
Book Synopsis**The Instant National Bestseller**The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors? fifth Finals appearance in five years, his game has never been stronger.Off the court, Iguodala has earned respect, too?for his successful tech investments, his philanthropy, and increasingly for his contributions to the conversation about race in America. It is no surprise, then, that in his first book, Andre, with his cowriter Carvell Wallace, has pushed himself to go further than he ever has before about his life, not only as an athlete but about what makes him who he is at his core.The Sixth Man traces Andre?s journey from childhood in his Illinois hometown to his Bay Area home court today. Basketball has always been there. But this is the story, too, of his experience of the conflict and racial tension always at hand in a professional league made up largely of African American men; of whether and why the athlete owes the total sacrifice of his body; of the relationship between competition and brotherhood among the players of one of history?s most glorious championship teams. And of what motivates an athlete to keep striving for more once they?ve already achieved the highest level of play they could have dreamed.On drive, on leadership, on pain, on accomplishment, on the shame of being given a role, and the glory of taking a role on: This is a powerful memoir of life and basketball that reveals new depths to the superstar athlete, and offers tremendous insight into most urgent stories being told in American society today.
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Random House USA Inc Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
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Random House USA Inc Wow No Thank You Essays
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Nonfiction Award Winner • A rip-roaring, edgy and unabashedly raunchy new collection of hilarious essays from the New York Times bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.“Stay-up-all-night, miss-your-subway-stop, spit-out-your-beverage funny.” —Jia Tolentino, New York Times bestselling author of Trick MirrorIrby is forty, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her. She has left her job as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic, has published successful books and has been friendzoned by Hollywood, left Chicago, and moved into a house with a garden that requires repairs and know-how with her wife in a Blue town in the middle of a Red state where she now hosts book clubs and makes mason jar salads. This is the bourgeois life of
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