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I don’t think there was anything about this book I didn’t like. Gottlieb is a therapist who ended up there in a roundabout way. She started out a writer for TV, which then inspired her to pursue a medical career. But when she discovered that most medical specialties wouldn’t allow her to really get to know her patients, nor continue to write, she found psychotherapy
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I was familiar with Dani Shapiro and her story before I read this book, thanks to her podcast Family Secrets. This book is the story of her Family Secret — that her father isn’t her biological father. On its face, this really isn’t an unusual situation. Tons of people find out at some point that the people they thought were their biological parents aren’t. But
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I’ve been meaning to read this for a long time, and I’m glad I finally got around to it! Persepolis is the story of a piece of Marjane Satrapi’s childhood, beginning during the Islamic Revolution in Iran when she was 6 and ending at age 14, when her parents send her away. I really only had the very barest of knowledge about the Islamic Revolution,
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Guy Branum is a comedian/writer who is possibly best known for being a writer for Chelsea Handler and the Mindy Project, and the host of Talk Show the Game Show and the Pop Rocket podcast, which is how I was introduced to him and became a fan. Being familiar with Guy and his style/delivery, this book was even more than I expected. Guy uses pop
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