The Most Precious Substance on Earth
Think of all the worst parts of puberty — all the moments you partially miss or brood about because they've shaped who you are today. Think of those moments, and push the timeline forward —...
Read ReviewSex and the City, Girls Trip, Booksmart. Films that center female friendships feel good to watch. There is no real question as to why; these films weed out most of the realities of friendships we may ...
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It is the summer of 1963 in Tamarack County, Minnesota. Just outside the small town of Aurora, nestled next to shimmering Iron Lake, 12-year-old Cork O'Connor makes a grisly discovery. Hiking into the...
Read ReviewThe Indian Relocation Act of 1956
In Lightning Strike, William Kent Krueger includes an author's note about the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 (also known as Public Law 959 or the Adult Vocational Training Program), which features as a...
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In middle school biology class, many of us were told that men hunt and women nest, that testosterone-driven males dominate in the animal kingdom, and that females are naturally disposed to motherhood ...
Read ReviewCharles Darwin's The Descent of Man
In his seminal work, On the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin elucidated the theory of evolution by natural selection, explaining how organisms better adapted to their environment are more ...
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Louis Bayard's Jackie & Me offers a fictionalized version of the early relationship between John F. Kennedy and Jackie Bouvier that our First Impressions readers found fascinating. Out of 22 reviews, ...
Read ReviewJackie & Me, Louis Bayard's historical novel about the early days of courtship between John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy (née Bouvier) is narrated by JFK's real-life best friend, Lem Billings. ...
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The summer of 1914 saw the beginning of World War I, the bloody conflict known as the 'war to end all wars.' As the fighting raged on, the number of injured men quickly swelled, and physicians found ...
Read ReviewThe Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris tells the story of Harold Gillies, a brilliant surgeon and visionary who helped pioneer the field of facial reconstruction during World War I. Through his ...
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Toni Morrison once wrote, 'My project rises from delight, not disappointment.' This remark appeared in — and referred to — her 1992 volume of essays Playing in the Dark, a scintillating ...
Read ReviewToni Morrison's Playing in the Dark
The novelist Toni Morrison (1931-2019), author of The Bluest Eye, Beloved and many other famous works, is often considered one of the greatest and most influential American writers. However, as Elaine...
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Some of It Was Real
by Nan Fischer
A psychic on the verge of stardom and a cynical journalist are brought together by secrets that threaten to tear them apart.
Widowland
by C. J. Carey
A thrilling feminist dystopian novel set in an alternate 1950s Britain under the control of the Third Reich.
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
"Of all the stories...about Shakespeare’s life, [Hamnet] is so gorgeously written that it transports you."
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