"I am currently reading: I just finished Susan Minot’s Folly, now reading Zadie Smith’s NW. On deck, Grace Coddington’s Grace: A Memoir. I really like reading books about women by women."

"I am currently reading: I just finished Susan Minot’s Folly, now reading Zadie Smith’s NW. On deck, Grace Coddington’s Grace: A Memoir. I really like reading books about women by women."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."