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Review: All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung

By CandidCeillie October 12, 2018October 10, 2018

What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them?Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean…

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Review:: Quackery by Lydia Kang

By CandidCeillie October 16, 2017February 9, 2018

Discover 67 shocking-but-true medical misfires that run the gamut from bizarre to deadly. Like when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When snorting skull moss was a cure for a…

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Review:: The Butcher’s Daughter by Florence Grende

By CandidCeillie July 21, 2017March 25, 2018

Florence Grende's memoir The Butcher's Daughter is a family portrait drawn in lyrical style that examines the effects of war, and follows the narrator's search for her parents survival story…

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Review:: Beyond Trans by Heath Fogg Davis

By CandidCeillie June 9, 2017March 25, 2018

Beyond Trans Goes beyond transgender to question the need for gender classification. Beyond Trans pushes the conversation on gender identity to its limits: questioning the need for gender categories in…

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Review:: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore

By CandidCeillie April 28, 2017March 31, 2018

The incredible true story of the Radium Girls, the young women exposed to the “wonder” substance of radium and their brave struggle for justice... As World War I raged across…

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Review:: The New Old Me by Meredith Moran

By CandidCeillie March 17, 2017March 31, 2018

The New Old Me is a lusty, kickass post-divorce memoir, one woman's story of starting over at 60 in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood. After the death of her best friend, the…

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Review:: Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder

By CandidCeillie January 27, 2017March 31, 2018

At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have…

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Review:: Butter: A Rich History

By CandidCeillie November 18, 2016April 9, 2018

It’s a culinary catalyst, an agent of change, a gastronomic rock star. Ubiquitous in the world’s most fabulous cuisines, butter is boss. Here, it finally gets its due. After traveling…

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Review:: My (Underground) American Dream by Julissa Arce

By CandidCeillie September 19, 2016April 18, 2018

I received a courtesy ARC of My (Underground) American Dream through Netgalley and the publisher, Center Street, in exchange for an honest review. For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true…

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Review:: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

By CandidCeillie August 1, 2016April 22, 2018

Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book, Lab Girl, is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is…

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Review:: I Wish My Teacher Knew by Kyle Schwartz

By CandidCeillie July 11, 2016April 22, 2018

One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill–in–the–blank in this sentence: “I wish my teacher knew _____.” The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking–all…

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