5 powerful books that will change your life
1.A LITTLE LIFE
There is so much to this book: its unique literary devices; the immersive writing; the friendships between four men, just out of college and living in New York; and, not least, Jude’s unspeakable trauma and this is 5 powerful books that will change your life
If you haven’t yet read The Handmaid’s Tale (or watched the phenomenal Hulu series), now is the time. This book was my first introduction to dystopic fiction as a teen, and it was truly eye-opening. Read it for the riveting story, but also for perspectives on women’s rights, oppression, and government abuses of power.
This tale of Louis Zamperini’s trials during World War II is so harrowing, you’ll have to remind yourself that it’s not fiction—because you won’t believe that one person could survive all that he did: a plane crash, months at sea on a raft, shark encounters…and that’s just the start.
Chanel Miller was the unnamed victim in the Stanford sexual assault case against Brock Turner. In this memoir, she details the assault and the aftermath when the justice system gave more consideration to the effects on Turner than on her. Miller’s writing is achingly raw.
The Overstory begins with a series of stories about people and trees. Eventually, these disparate characters come together in a larger-than-life narrative that becomes a call to activism, a meditation on our place in the world, and an awe-stricken view into the complex and impressive lives and resilience of trees.
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