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The paperback of her memoirThe Education of an Idealistis out January 26.

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As two very different worlds collide, it is the complex, richly-drawn characters who leave their mark.

A bohemian anarchist turned devout Catholic, Day launched the Catholic Worker movement during the Great Depression.

She writes with striking originality and economy, her characters springing from the page into our own lives.

Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe

After reading Kahneman, ones thinking about oneselfand ones thinking about thinkingis permanently altered.

A soulful, at times hilarious, and poignant account of the longing for belonging in us all.

The brilliance of this book comes from the fact that Pearlman listened.

The Long Loneliness, by Dorothy Day

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