August Book to Live By

by on August 5, 2026

Inheritance

by Dani Shapiro

In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website, Dani Shapiro received the stunning news that her beloved deceased father was not her biological father. Over the course of a single day, her entire history—the life she had lived—crumbled beneath her.  Inheritance is a book about secrets and about the extraordinary moment we live in where science and technology have outpaced not only medical ethics but also the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover. Part mystery, part real-time investigation, part rumination on the ineffable combination of memory, history, biology, and experience, Inheritance is a devastating and haunting interrogation of the meaning of kinship and identity.

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June Book to Live By

by on June 1, 2026

Strangers

by Belle Burden

In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family navigating the early days of the pandemic together—Then, without warning or explanation, her husband of 20 years announced that he was leaving. Overnight, her partner became a man she hardly recognized. In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues. As she begins to see through a new lens, she reckons with the lessons about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal and transforms from a discreet, compliant woman to someone braver, and determined to use her voice.

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February Book to Live By

by on February 2, 2026

Splinters

by Leslie Jamison

Jamison turns her unrivaled powers of perception to the most intimate relationships of her life: her consuming love for her young daughter, a ruptured marriage once swollen with hope, and the shaping legacy of her parents’ complicated bond. This book grieves the departure of one love even as it celebrates the arrival of another. Examining what it means for a woman, a mother, an artist, a teacher, and a lover, she places the magical and the mundane side by side in surprising ways resulting in a work of nonfiction like no other.

 

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January Book to Live By

by on January 6, 2026

A Year of Self-Care

by Dr. Zoe Shaw

A Year of Self-Care will jump-start your self-care practice in just fifteen minutes every morning helping you to feel stronger, happier, and healthier. The full year of research backed exercises inspire gratitude, positive thinking and self-love. Discover a fresh outlook on life and improve your confidence and well-being with this guided journal and spend 2026 focusing on what matters- YOU!

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