
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned

Sylvie had always thought that when, if, she wrote, it would have to be perfect. A beautifully crafted novel, ready to hand to the world. But William had shown her she could write for, and to, herself.
Ann Napolitano • Hello Beautiful: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
They grapple with the trade-offs between equality and privilege (“I believe in public schooling, but the private school just seems better for my kids”), between convenience and social responsibility (“These disposable diapers are an incredible waste of resources, but they are so easy”), between rebellion and convention (“I know I did plenty of drug
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(beginning with allowing themselves to use food as a way of supporting rather than punishing themselves)
Geneen Roth • Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
And I really was always honest with her. The one time I pocketed her five bucks, I fessed up minutes later. I called her immediately after I had accidentally shot bottle rockets through her Gay Pride flag in the backyard, when I could have easily disposed of the evidence and played the iggy.*1 And there was the day after I lost my virginity, a pers
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