The Testaments
Aunt Lydia, Agnes and Nicole conspire to bring down Gilead fifteen years later.
2,516-word summary · 11 min read
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11 books with this tag.
the sun and her flowers
Kaur follows love and loss through wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming in short illustrated poems.
2,364-word summary · 11 min read
Untamed
Glennon Doyle leaves a strained marriage, falls for Abby Wambach, and rebuilds life around honesty and desire.
2,561-word summary · 11 min read
Yes Please
Amy Poehler moves from Boston childhood through UCB and SNL to Parks and Recreation in this 2014 memoir. Funny essays on work, motherhood, divorce, and saying…
2,668-word summary · 12 min read
The Color Purple
Celie writes letters to God and to her sister, surviving abuse in the rural South to find her own voice.
2,053-word summary · 9 min read
milk and honey
Kaur's illustrated debut moves through hurting, loving, breaking, and healing in short lowercase poems.
2,006-word summary · 9 min read
The Bell Jar
Esther Greenwood wins a New York internship that should feel bright, then sinks into depression at home. Plath's 1963 novel follows her breakdown, treatment,…
2,504-word summary · 11 min read
Circe
Exiled witch Circe masters plant magic on Aiaia, faces gods and monsters, loves Odysseus, and chooses a mortal life.
2,957-word summary · 13 min read
Bossypants
Tina Fey moves from Pennsylvania childhood through improv and SNL to 30 Rock in this funny 2011 memoir. Expect backstage stories, jokes about work and…
2,301-word summary · 10 min read
The Handmaid's Tale
Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale retold: Offred in Gilead, the Commander, Serena Joy, Mayday, and the van.
2,369-word summary · 11 min read
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry retold: Elizabeth Zott fired, TV cooking with science, Six-Thirty helps.
1,951-word summary · 9 min read