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Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age is the

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★★★★★
Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age is the
Thanks to Putnam for the free book!
Continue reading “Such a Fun Age: Kiley Reid”★★★★
Jodi Picoult’s A Spark of Light is the highly affecting and timely story of a shooting at an abortion clinic and how each person impacted found themselves there, on that fateful day.
Thank you, Random House, for the free book!
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Erika L. Sanchez’s I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is the introspective story of the struggles a teen faces when she can’t – and doesn’t want to – live up to the expectations of her Mexican parents, especially after her upstanding sister dies.
Thank you to Penguin Random House for sending me this free book!
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Jenni Hendricks and Ted Caplan’s Unpregnant is the radically destigmatized and heartfelt story of a senior in high school whose boyfriend sabotaged her method of birth control, causing her to become pregnant and seek an abortion.
Thank you to BookSparks and HarperTeen for sending me a free copy!
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Christy Lefteri’s The Beekeeper of Aleppo is the beautiful, affecting story of a husband and wife fleeing war-torn Syria and adapting to life in England as refugees.
Thanks to Randomhouse and @books_with_taylor for the advanced copy of this book!
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Ginny Hogan’s Toxic Femininity in the Workplace: Office Gender Politics Are a Battlefield is a topical, hilariously satirical collection of drawings and essays on – you guessed it – gender politics in the workplace!
Many thanks to Morrow Gift for the free book!
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Angie Thomas’ On the Come Up is an honest and tender story about the struggles and joys of a young Black girl with ambitions to become a rapper.
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Etaf Rum’s A Woman Is No Man is the searingly personal story of three generations of Palestinian Muslim women living in Brooklyn and navigating relationships made complicated by the gap between cultural expectations of Arab women and their increasing desires to be free and independent.
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Polly Rosenwaike’s Look How Happy I’m Making You is a piercingly honest and realistic collection of fiction short stories about all things motherhood – or lack thereof.
Endless thanks to Doubleday for this free copy!
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Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones & The Six is the absolutely bad ass and unique story of a fictional ’70s rock band’s rise to meteoric heights.