The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

Essays (Books)

Author: Marina Keegan

An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world’s attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.Marina Keegan’s star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York Internatio….Read More

17 Books Similar to The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

Bossypants

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, United States, Women Television Writers

Conversations with Friends

Observer's 'Rising Stars of 2017''A novelist to watch' Sunday Times 'The Book of the Summer' Refinery29'Hugely enjoyable romantic comedy' Metro, FIVE STARS * * * * * 'Truly beguiles... Heralds… Continue Reading Posted in: College Students, Ireland Dublin

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a… Continue Reading Posted in: American Wit And Humor, Comedy, Humor Essays

My Brilliant Friend

A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends… Continue Reading Posted in: Family Saga Fiction, Female Friendship, Friendship Fiction, Mothers And Daughters

The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a Coney Island boardwalk freak show that thrills the masses. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears… Continue Reading Posted in: Immigrants, New York (State) New York

The Art of Fielding

At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off… Continue Reading Posted in: College Students, Fiction, Lake Michigan Region, Sports Fiction, Sports Romance

The Empathy Exams

From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection; winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize.Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who… Continue Reading Posted in: Essays, Pain, Text

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned’

"There is nothing gutsier to me than a person announcing that their story is one that deserves to be told," writes Lena Dunham, and it certainly takes guts to share… Continue Reading Posted in: Television Actors And Actresses, Young Women Social Life And Customs

Untamed: A House of Night Novel

Zoey Redbird's adventures at vampyre finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested and shocking true intentions come to light, in this spellbinding fourth novel in… Continue Reading

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape… Continue Reading Posted in: Computers & Internet Humor, Feminist Literary Criticism

The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

Imagine a book that explains how to break away from the pack, find your passion, and bring your greatest ideas to life.Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when… Continue Reading Posted in: Education Theory, Management & Leadership, Social Sciences

Normal People

At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But… Continue Reading Posted in: Coming of Age Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Yes Please

In Amy Poehler’s highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and… Continue Reading Posted in: Business & Professional Humor, Television Performer Biographies, United States, Women Comedians

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your… Continue Reading Posted in: Conduct Of Life, Miscellanea

Love Letters to the Dead

It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just… Continue Reading Posted in: Children's Death & Dying Books, Family Life, Friendship, Social & Family Issues, Social Skills & School Life, Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Emotions & Feelings

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