The Young Man by Annie Ernaux
Le Jeune Homme 2022, Editions Gallimard In this very slim volume, Nobel Prize winning French author Annie Ernaux recounts her...
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kelliebooksblog
- May 30
- 1 min
Petite Series: Sex and Lies by Leïla Slimani
2021, Les Arènes Sexe et Mensonges (French title) SUMMARY: Interviews with women from different walks of life in Morocco about their sex...
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kelliebooksblog
- May 23
- 1 min
Petite Series: Lessons from a century of life by Edgar Morin
2021, Editions Denoël Leçons d'un siècle de vie (French title) SUMMARY: French sociologist and philosopher Edgar Morin recounts lessons...
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kelliebooksblog
- May 16
- 1 min
Petite Series: Mes soeurs et moi, Simone Veil
2022, Les Arènes Edited by David Teboul original title Simone et ses soeurs (Simone and her sisters, not available in English) SUMMARY:...
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kelliebooksblog
- May 9
- 1 min
Petite Series: The Book You Want Everyone You Love* To Read (*and maybe a few you don't) by Philippa Perry
2023, Cornerstone Press SUMMARY: Clever, easy to read self-help book with tips for navigating life. QUOTABLE: "An existential void feels...
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kelliebooksblog
- May 2
- 1 min
Petite Series: The Night Cleaner by Florence Aubenas
Original title: Le quai de Ouistreham 2010, Editions de l'Olivier SUMMARY: During the 2008 financial crisis and ensuing recession,...
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kelliebooksblog
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Petite Series: L'impunité de Hélène Devynck
2022, Editions du Seuil SUMMARY: French version of Fox News sexual harrassment story in the USA (Roger Ailes), but without the firing,...
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kelliebooksblog
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Petite Series: Yoga by Emmanuel Carrère
2020, Emmanuel Carrère and P.O.L. éditeur SUMMARY: An adept of yoga, the author starts out on a journey to write a lighthearted book...
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kelliebooksblog
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Petite Series: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamont
1994, Pantheon Books SUMMARY: A book about writing by a writer who generously shares her craft and insights, for anyone who wants to...
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kelliebooksblog
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Petite Series: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
SUMMARY: Jaouad, who learned she had cancer in her early twenties, writes about her valiant and life-changing fight against it, and the...
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kelliebooksblog
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Petite Series: Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Published 2023 SUMMARY: After being repeatedly mistaken for writer and conspiracy theorist...
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kelliebooksblog
- Mar 7
- 2 min
The Nigger Bible by Robert H. DeCoy
1967, Holloway House Publishing Co. About 30 years ago, I read The Nigger Bible by Robert DeCoy. The WHAT Bible? I think I'd better stop...
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kelliebooksblog
- Feb 29
- 2 min
Why Seonaid O'Connor Matters by Allyson McCabe
University of Texas Press, Music Matters series, 2023 In a tiny nutshell, Sinéad O'Connor (1966 - 2023) matters because she wasn't afraid...
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kelliebooksblog
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Black Gold of the Sun by Ekow Eshun
Searching for Home in England and Africa 2005, Penguin Brought up in Britain as the son of an expatriate Ghanaian dignitary, Ekow Eshun...
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kelliebooksblog
- Jan 18
- 1 min
The Essential Dick Gregory
Amistad, 2022 Born into poverty in St Louis, Missouri, Dick Gregory (1932 - 1971) noticed he had a skill for being funny at a young age...
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kelliebooksblog
- Nov 26, 2023
- 2 min
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma 2014, Penguin Books "...most human suffering is related to love and loss..."(p 30)...
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kelliebooksblog
- Nov 2, 2023
- 2 min
The People's Plaza by Justin Jones
2022, Vanderbilt University Press This book is a witness and a guide to non-violent resistance against racism and injustice. Justin Jones...
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kelliebooksblog
- Oct 26, 2023
- 3 min
Bury Me Standing by Isabel Fonseca
1995, Vintage For a long time I've been wanting to learn more about Travellers or Roma, also called Gypsies, a term sometimes considered...
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kelliebooksblog
- Oct 4, 2023
- 2 min
Recent reads
With Autumn in, I feel the need to rapidly record my rare reads of the receding-out-to-sea summer. Rememberings, Sinéad O'Connor, 2021....
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kelliebooksblog
- Aug 10, 2023
- 2 min
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother by James McBride
1996, Riverhead Books This book is a classic I hadn't heard of until Yvonne lent it to me. I loved it. James McBride and his many...
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