papercut reading this book is like sitting around a kitchen table late at night and listening to some of truman capote’s best friends drink wine and swap stories about him until the early hours of the morning. it also includes photographs of truman throughout the different stages of his life. this is truly an intimate…
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papercut this is a collection of dorothy parker’s complete short stories. parker’s dry sense of humor had me laughing out loud while reading. parker manages to create deeply involved characters in a matter of just a few pages. beyond the sarcasm and satire, parker has plenty of ideas for the reader to ponder relating to…
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papercut marie antoinette is a comprehensive biography about the girl who became the queen of france when she was only a teenager. even though it is nonfiction, it reads like a fiction novel. stefan zweig takes a deep dive into this brief section of french history while delivering in-depth portraits of marie antoinette and her family…
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papercut summer crossing is truman capote’s first novel. it was published posthumously by capote’s attorney after the manuscript was discovered. none of capote’s trusted confidantes knew about the manuscript and his representatives struggled with the decision to publish it, as they were unsure about capote’s feelings on it before he died. in the book, the main…
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papercut as i lay dying is about the journey of addie bundren’s family; addie is dying and her children and husband build her a casket and carry out her last wish by taking her to be buried in her hometown. the story switches narrators each chapter; the characters who tell the story are family members and…
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papercut text me when you get home is a non-fiction work filled with anecdotes and research focused on modern female friendship. schaefer made me think about difficult topics: do i welcome females into my life easily? do i trust them? do i prevent or perpetuate stereotypes about female friendships? reading this book made me hyper-aware of…
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papercut anne welles comes to new york city from new england and lands a job at an entertainment law firm. she quickly becomes enamored with attorney lyon burke and finds herself in a messy and complicated group of young women, all trying to make it in show business. each character has their own struggles–one has…
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papercut the immortal life of henrietta lacks is academic and non-fiction to its core, but reads like a fiction novel. the story is about henrietta lacks, a patient at johns hopkins in baltimore in the 1950s. cells taken from henrietta for research ended up becoming known as “”HeLa” and became a crucial part of scientific and…
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papercut esther greenwood is a young woman working in new york city, going through typical challenges: deciding which career path she wants to take, which types of friends she wants to have, which type of man (if any) will satisfy her desires, and whether she wants to get married and start a family. esther suffers…
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papercut quoyle is a lonely and insecure 36-year-old man. he thinks his life is complete when he falls in love with and marries is first wife. instead, he finds himself in a painful and dysfunctional marriage. early on his in the story, quoyle is left with their two daughters and the help of his aunt.…
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