Memories of a Catholic GIrlhood
by Mary McCarthy
TRUE Phinney by Post #13
McCarthy's 1957 memoir of her first dozen or so years just gets better every time I reread it. There's plenty of drama—she was orphaned, maltreated, and rescued—but the real thrill comes from her bril... (Tom)
Mr. Brown's Fantastic Hat
by Ayano Imai
MADE-UP Phinney Kids by Post #1
We only learned of Imai's exquisite 2014 picture book when her fellow author Sanae Ishida made it one of her holiday gift recommendations for us, but it ended up being one of our surprise hits of the... (Tom)
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
TRUE
Paul Kalanithi's plan was to spend the first twenty years of his working life as a neurosurgeon, and the next twenty as a writer, but fate had other ideas. Just as he was finishing his residency, he r... (Tom)
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