John of John by Douglas Stuart
Unforgettable characters look deep at themselves in a rather unforgiving Scottish landscape. Father/son efforts to know and love each other, enviable grandma smooths friction. Mostly. Prose so lovely I gasped aloud. Have had fun loving it endlessly with friends who are similarly gobsmacked.
E. Jean Carroll’s Not My Type. Pure delight. Brave, bold, fabulous.
In the book, she talks about how everyone said she should not be the narrator of the audiobook because she has marble mouth a little bit, but I can’t imagine anyone else telling the story so tenderly and flamboyantly too. Huge love for this one.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
I love this book so much that I hid in the basement from my kids doing their homework so I could just enjoy it. They found me because I was laughing so hard. The best chapters I’ve read about feeling medically depressed, and what that’s really like, but all through her wicked hilarious prism. Great tenderness and vulnerability too.
Phillip Phillips song, Home!
It’s tender plus a thumping beat.
