Mobility
Lydia Kiesling
A quietly damning novel that follows one woman's career into the oil industry. Kiesling makes ambition and complicity feel intimate.
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The Golden State
Lydia Kiesling
There are many cliche ways to describe this book—"raw," "unflinchingly honest," "brave," etc., etc.—but that would be a waste, because The Golden State is anything but cliche. It's written stream-of-consciousness, which is a bold choice, especially since most of Daphne's attention is spent on the mundane aspects of motherhood: feeding her daughter, Honey, entertaining Honey, keeping Honey reasonab
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Anne Tyler
The Tull family, wounded and prickly, told through the meals that never quite go right. One of Tyler's most bittersweet.
The Force of Such Beauty
Barbara Bourland
An athlete marries into royalty and finds herself gilded and trapped. Bourland makes the cage claustrophobic and beautiful.