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"Although it is a memoir set in the Reagan years, the milieu still feels so contemporary..."

"A grieving mother’s account of life after her son’s death is exquisitely expressed..."

"For a detailed chronicling of the daily-worsening realities of sharing a house with a relative who has Alzheimer's, these diaries could hardly be bettered..."

" a beloved genius of storytelling and illustration..."

"a young nurse’s beautifully written memoir..."

"Patchett gracefully captures the strange, egotistical logic of childhood...."

"One of the most refreshing themes is an openness to your child’s negative emotions..."

"This is a well-researched, serious, empathetic, deeply human book...."

"Clarke provides enough gossip to satisfy those curious about Nicky Clarke’s glitzy life, but her memoir is also a slice of social history. ..."

"Fuller’s loving tribute to her father is written with tenderness and wit, yet some griefs are ineffable..."

"At every turn, [Hammond's] witty precision deepens the narrative’s impact. He did not choose his subject, MND chose him. He is a real writer and real writers have to write...."

"an indelibly honest chronicle of conflicting emotions..."

"Barnett’s contribution to period prose is as bracing as you’d expect from this fearless BBC broadcaster...."

"Morgan’s exploration of the chemicals that from puberty yank us like a puppeteer’s strings is a personal yet scientific, subtle and often lyrical work..."

"There isn’t another book like this: it stands out among the grey...."

"luminous in outlining a young woman’s struggle..."

"This smooth, sexy and sharply hilarious read is a million times better than very nice —it’s totally fabulous..."

"engaging and readable..."

"poetic and at times whimsical..."