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Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit

voronale's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

Beautiful prose - I’d heard of Rebecca Solnit but never read anything by her before - I’ll be looking for more

manoushp109's review against another edition

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white invisible man but bad

lizshayne's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

This book makes me want to write and a little makes me want to throw away the idea that writing is even possible.
It isn't.
We do it anyway.
I loved getting to know Solnit as more than the voice behind "Men Explain Things to Me" and all the stories and the care that she takes in telling them. She's so careful with the shards of her life and with so many lives; recognizing their sharpness and finding ways to make them into a mosaic anyway.
I love the way she uses language and I love the way her words are luminous.

katebushofficial's review against another edition

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3.5

largely very affirming read but has a bit of a fleabag’s godmum vibe about it 

andotherworlds's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5-4ish // rtc

svankannel's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

fallingautumn's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.5

Really enjoyed the first half, the second half I couldn’t get into as much, though I did enjoy the general theme of it

clarapaick030's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

kikola's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

elleriekaren's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5