Books for girls who are a little bit unwell
Curated by @shelfthreads · 9 books
Stories of women who are a little bit, or very, lost in life.
- 1
Play It as It Lays
Joan Didion
Content warningMaria, a fading actress in late-1960s Los Angeles, drives the freeways for hours each day to keep her mind blank as her marriage and Hollywood life come apart.
- 2
Berlin
Bea Setton
Content warningDaphne moves to Berlin to learn German and start over, but the small lies she tells to build a new self begin to pile up until her life quietly unravels.
- 3
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
Content warningA young, rich and deeply bored woman in 2000 Manhattan decides to sleep through an entire year, with pills from the worst psychiatrist in New York.
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