Books like Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
12 books with a reading profile close to Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein. Inward-looking; an easy read.
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Just Kids
by Patti Smith
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Just Kids chronicles the relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, beginning with their chance meeting in Brooklyn in 1967.
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Stitches: A Memoir
by David Small
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
David Small’s graphic memoir recounts his childhood in 1950s Detroit, living in a household defined by emotional withdrawal and medical negligence.
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
James McBride alternates between his own upbringing in a Brooklyn housing project and the oral history of his mother, Ruth Jordan.
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When All Is Said
by Anne Griffin
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Maurice Hannigan, an elderly Irish farmer, sits in a pub in a small town one evening and orders five drinks, one for each person who has been important in his life.
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All Over But the Shoutin'
by Rick Bragg
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Rick Bragg recounts his transition from the poverty of the rural Alabama foothills to his career as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The New York Times.
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Alexandra Fuller outlines her upbringing in 1970s and 80s Rhodesia, Malawi, and Zambia during a period of violent decolonization.
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
William Finnegan chronicles his lifelong obsession with surfing, moving from his childhood in California and Hawaii to his global travels as an adult.
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Wat ik nooit eerder heb gezegd
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the death of Lydia Lee, the favorite daughter of a mixed-race couple.
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Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Gabrielle Hamilton chronicles her unconventional path from a chaotic childhood in rural Pennsylvania to owning Prune, a tiny, celebrated restaurant in New York City.
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The Basketball Diaries
by Jim Carroll
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Jim Carroll's memoir draws on diaries he kept as a teenager in 1960s New York, between ages twelve and sixteen.
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Priestdaddy
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Patricia Lockwood, a poet, moves back with her husband into her parents' house in a Kansas City rectory.
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