SHEReads

Give me a book written by a woman (preferably from the South) who has had a really horrible childhood with crazy parents and maybe some substance abuse thrown in, and I'm there. Can't tell you why I am drawn to such subjects but I am.

Currently enjoying:

  Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

What I read recently and loved

   The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel

 Lullabies for Little Criminals: A Novel (P.S.)
                             Heather O'Neill

Imperfect Birds: A Novel

Anne Lamott

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Ron Hall
Denver Moore

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot

The Help
Kathryn Stockett

Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout

Lit: A Memoir (P.S.)
Mary Karr

(I have loved every book by Mary Karr)

The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert

Little Bee: A Novel

Chris Cleave