Friday, February 21, 2020

Readalikes: If you enjoyed February's selection . . .

If you enjoyed Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick, then you should check out her recent book The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir, which her publisher says "beautifully bookends" Fierce Attachments.


You might also like these books and films recommended by our discussion group members:

  • You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie
  • Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
  • Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
  • Ordinary People by Judith Guest
  • The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
  • Carrie by Stephen King
  • The Best Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
  • Grey Gardens 1975 documentary by the Maysles Brothers and companion book edited by Sara Maysles
  • Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
  • Elsewhere: A Memoir by Richard Russo
  • Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and others by David Sedaris
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
  • The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
  • Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover



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