![]() ![]() Loss, grief, criticism, and love mix and mingle in this moving, literary memoir, one of the best father/daughter memoirs around. In this stirring story, after her parents divorce, Gilman wrestles with her father's sexual identity and tries to extract him from his own depression. Priscilla Gilman is the daughter not only of renowned literary agent Lynn Nesbit but also of theater critic, writer and Yale School of Drama professor Richard Gilman. "The Critic's Daughter: A Memoir" by Priscilla Gilman What if you tried something you always wondered about?! Hilarious, thought-provoking, refreshing and game-changing, "My What If Year" will leave readers rethinking what matters most - and not wanting to stop living vicariously through Miranda. Along the way, the pandemic threw a wrench in her travel plans, but that didn't stop her from accomplishing her goal. She started on Broadway and did stints in online fitness, hospitality, and in the art world. But what if?! Miranda decided, pre-pandemic, to try four internships in areas she'd always wondered about. "My What If Year: A Memoir" by Alisha Fernandez MirandaĪlisha Fernandez Miranda, an almost-40-year-old Latina Harvard grad, CEO, and mother of twins, should've been totally happy with her life. A debut novel with original creative elements thrown in, "Maame" will have any assistant chuckling at their bosses' untenable scheduling demands - and rooting for the one who cares for everyone else. ![]() Maddie's lackluster relationships mix with her frustration at work until she can get everything to finally align. When she finally gets the chance to live her own life - pot brownies! Dating! Roommates! - she ends up missing something critical that leaves her with unfathomable guilt. While Maddie, an editorial assistant at a publishing company, scrambles to take credit for her own ideas at work, she must also face obstacles at home, forced to cope with her unpredictable, manipulative mother who spends half her time in Ghana, her father's losing battle with Parkinson's and her own lost childhood. Fate and true love set against a glorious Italian landscape, especially in the Villa Della Rosa vineyard?! Sign me up. New York Times bestselling author Jill Santopolo, who wrote "The Light We Lost" (which was so good), returns with a dual-timeline narrative about a lovesick Italian couple in 1946 from two different classes with divided wartime loyalties and the 2017 couple whose grandparents meet, a moment that changes everything. "Stars in an Italian Sky" by Jill Santopolo
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