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After years of being a certifiable grunt by day and creative by night, this spoke to me! I'm going to come back to this list next time I'm book shopping!

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These all sound SO GOOD

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I enjoyed Brass a few years ago. I read Jen Beagin’s other novel Big Swiss last year, so I’ll have to check out this one.

The best thing I read in 2023 was from a social worker in Baltimore: Eleven Things I Have Left Now That My Daughter is Gone.

It’s in print in Pleiades.

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/880389

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Thank you! I'm hoping Xhenet writes another book. I've been patiently waiting. And I actually enjoyed Pretend I'm Dead over Big Swiss!

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A very mine-bending novel about a social worker (in case you're looking for recs!) is Jen Sookfong Lee's "The Conjoined". Totally different vibe - I would describe it as literary crime/noir - but it's fantastic.

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I always want book recs haha this sounds so good!

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How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill

Job: Barista

Great book!

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Thank you!

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