Rachael Dreyer

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Outliers and American Vanguard Art

Accessible for most readers without extensive art history backgrounds, and for those looking to expand their understanding of American art and artists creating from the margins.
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Mean

Gurba is a writer for our times; her memoir brings a powerful perspective. (Memoir, 10/20/17)
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Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs

Potent despite their brevity, many of Fennelly's micromemoirs bring hefty topics to the surface; the lack of excessive text allows readers to fill in the gaps in the narrative themselves. Readers who enjoyed Anne Lamott's memoirs (Bird by Bird; Hallelujah Anyway) will delight in these pieces.
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The Going and Goodbye

Powerful writing that reminds readers the time with loved ones is both precious and limited. Those experiencing grief may find a welcome and fresh perspective in this account.
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The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading

Readers interested in expanding their reading lists, as well as those fascinated by New Orleans, will find this a meaty work.
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I'm the One Who Got Away

Jarrell writes powerfully about coming of age in the shadow of domestic violence and her growth as a spouse, parent, and daughter. How she successfully navigated her responsibility to her children as well as her desire to know her father may be of interest to readers who wish to explore boundary-setting in their own families.
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Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe

For readers looking for parallels between historic and current events. Though Syria isn't mentioned, this book could have been written about what's happening today, rather than more than 70 years ago. (Memoir, 4/11/17; ow.ly/liks30c0Myo)
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The Rules Do Not Apply

Levy uses her considerable talents, presented in raw, genuinely felt prose, to bring readers into deeply personal experiences that resonate on a visceral level. (Memoir, 2/20/17; ow.ly/B6Ub30a5C5W)
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A Country Between: Making a Home Where Both Sides of Jerusalem Collide

This book about hope in uncertain times reads especially poignantly for anyone looking toward the future. Saldaña writes about her Catholic faith in a waythat is inclusive of other traditions as well. (Memoir, 12/12/16; ow.ly/pfQw308cd7D)
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