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Jameela Jamil recommended Lucky in Books (curated)

 
Lucky
Lucky
Alice Sebold | 1999 | Biography, Fiction & Poetry
8.2 (6 Ratings)
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"The victim of a brutal rape at the age of 18, The Lovely Bones author Alice Sebold has written a memoir about finding the tenacity, inner strength and sheer determination to recover."

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Jameela Jamil recommended A Half Baked Idea in Books (curated)

 
A Half Baked Idea
A Half Baked Idea
Olivia Potts | 2020 | Biography, Food & Drink, History & Politics
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"This tender memoir follows Potts’ life-swap from criminal barrister to patisserie chef in the wake of her mother’s death. It’s filled with the comfort we all seek when dealing with grief."

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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
Samantha Irby | 2017 | Essays, Humor & Comedy
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"This one is a memoir consisting of essays. Very real, dark at times, but the wit and candor snagged me from the start. Laugh-out-loud funny but also very realistic and honest."

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You're Better Than Me
You're Better Than Me
Bonnie McFarlane | 2016 | Biography, Essays, Humor & Comedy
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"Unfuck yourself and get Bonnie McFarlane’s excellent memoir, You’re Better Than Me. Every second that you are not reading this amazing, hilarious, painfully funny, extraordinary book should feel like the ninth circle of hell."

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The Centre Cannot Hold: A Memoir of My Schizophrenia
The Centre Cannot Hold: A Memoir of My Schizophrenia
Elyn R. Saks | 2014 | Biography
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"This truly remarkable memoir chronicles the experiences of lawyer and professor Elyn Saks, who lives with schizophrenia. She writes about her times in hospitals and on the analytic couch with incredible clarity, honesty, and curiosity."

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