A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. If your looking for a comfort read this is not the book, but if you want to face some of the grief this might be the one. In it a boy is trying to cope with his serious I’ll mother and the feelings he is struggling to control.
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This situation calls for a book that is dark and disturbing.
Read The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum.
This book will make you realize what you have been going through in your life is not nearly as bad as what a real life person named Sylvia Likens went through. The Girl Next Door is a fictional retelling of the true crime case of Sylvia Likens. This book is told in 1st person from a neighborhood boy. Get ready to be disturbed and really emotional.
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“Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” by Lori Gottlieb (nonfiction) – an exploration of the human condition through the lens of a therapist and some of her patients; tender, funny, and reflective.
All of Jenny Lawson books. Hilarious, emotional, and a great way to commiserate suffering and loss.
“Hyperbole and a Half” by Allie Brosh. Same vein of Jenny Lawson.
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“A Million Little Pieces ” was written by James Frey.
I have read it maybe two or three times.
There was a certain controversy surrounding this particular book.
It was published as a memoir.
It was promoted as a memoir.
But at some point after Frey went on the Oprah Winfrey show?
It came out that many of the contents were completely fabricated and outright fiction.
That was extremely problematic (from what I understand) because rehab type organizations had stood behind his book as helpful to their patients.
I still thought it was an extremely powerful book- no matter what the controversy represented.
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{{A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen}}
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I’d go straight back to my first love. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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The summer I died – Ryan C. Thomas
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I would re-read Narnia or Lord of the Rings!
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Fresh Water for Flowers
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When I went through a really traumatic year last year I really struggled to concentrate on fiction. All I could manage was self help type books and audiobooks. I loved Alonement by Francesca Spectre (all about spending time alone intentionally and realising we need to be able to rely on ourselves).
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The book that (almost) saved my life: The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld. Short and sweet.
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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. If your looking for a comfort read this is not the book, but if you want to face some of the grief this might be the one. In it a boy is trying to cope with his serious I’ll mother and the feelings he is struggling to control.
This situation calls for a book that is dark and disturbing.
Read The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum.
This book will make you realize what you have been going through in your life is not nearly as bad as what a real life person named Sylvia Likens went through. The Girl Next Door is a fictional retelling of the true crime case of Sylvia Likens. This book is told in 1st person from a neighborhood boy. Get ready to be disturbed and really emotional.
“Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” by Lori Gottlieb (nonfiction) – an exploration of the human condition through the lens of a therapist and some of her patients; tender, funny, and reflective.
All of Jenny Lawson books. Hilarious, emotional, and a great way to commiserate suffering and loss.
“Hyperbole and a Half” by Allie Brosh. Same vein of Jenny Lawson.
“A Million Little Pieces ” was written by James Frey.
I have read it maybe two or three times.
There was a certain controversy surrounding this particular book.
It was published as a memoir.
It was promoted as a memoir.
But at some point after Frey went on the Oprah Winfrey show?
It came out that many of the contents were completely fabricated and outright fiction.
That was extremely problematic (from what I understand) because rehab type organizations had stood behind his book as helpful to their patients.
I still thought it was an extremely powerful book- no matter what the controversy represented.
{{A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen}}
I’d go straight back to my first love. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
The summer I died – Ryan C. Thomas
I would re-read Narnia or Lord of the Rings!
Fresh Water for Flowers
When I went through a really traumatic year last year I really struggled to concentrate on fiction. All I could manage was self help type books and audiobooks. I loved Alonement by Francesca Spectre (all about spending time alone intentionally and realising we need to be able to rely on ourselves).
The book that (almost) saved my life: The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld. Short and sweet.
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