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Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener
★★★★· Published 2020· 290 pages· read 2020
Anna Wiener's memoir of falling into Silicon Valley startup culture. Sharp, a little chilling, and perfectly observed.
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My Salinger Year
Joanna Rakoff
A young woman answers Salinger's fan mail at a stuffy old literary agency. A lovely coming-of-age for anyone who's dreamed of a life in books.
Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant: How Nannying for the 1% Taught Me about the Myths of Equality, Motherhood, and Upward Mobility in America
Stephanie Kiser
A memoir by a woman who grew up poor and spent seven years nannying for New York's ultra-wealthy to afford the city. Poignant and funny about class, motherhood, and how rigged the ladder really is.
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close
Aminatou Sow
The book I want to hand every friend I'm scared of drifting from. Sow and Friedman take a close friendship seriously enough to examine how it almost broke.