Chanel Miller is one intelligent woman. Her ability to analyze and get to the heart of the matter amazed me. Her victim statement to the court and andChanel Miller is one intelligent woman. Her ability to analyze and get to the heart of the matter amazed me. Her victim statement to the court and and her rapist went viral, and her book demonstrates her superlative skills as a writer. This is a book I wish everyone would read. ...more
Narrator tries to make sense of the complicated and bizarre life of an artist, her late wife, X. This novel did nothing for me, despite it's original Narrator tries to make sense of the complicated and bizarre life of an artist, her late wife, X. This novel did nothing for me, despite it's original take on an interesting premise. The part I found most intriguing was the idea of the U.S. divided into regions based on, I guess you would call their identity politics. I got too bored to finish....more
This book acts as a much needed eye-opener to some of the atrocities taking place against women and underprivileged around the world. It is not easy tThis book acts as a much needed eye-opener to some of the atrocities taking place against women and underprivileged around the world. It is not easy to read, nor easy to understand why this violence is still taking place, when we know full well it is occurring. As V points out: "Women are being raped and murdered so the world can have its phones." This statement is referring to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where horrific crimes against women take place in the name of the war to control access to the mineral coltan. V visited a hospital for women run by Dr. Mukwege, which is in dire need of outside support and shared some excruciatingly heartbreaking stories in this book. Also of interest: the ISIS sex slave price list, as well as their Best Practices for Sex Slavery Manual, that is brazenly posted on the internet. ...more
Small little memoir written by a young man, particularly about his Mother and her struggles as a young mom with abusive alcoholic husbands. (She divorSmall little memoir written by a young man, particularly about his Mother and her struggles as a young mom with abusive alcoholic husbands. (She divorced one and married another.) I knew next to nothing about class disparity in France so this was enlightening, and overall I found it to be a touching and engaging book....more
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