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Villette
A.S. Byatt, Charlotte Brontë, Ignes Sodre
Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
John Derbyshire
A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
George R.R. Martin
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel
Anthony Marra

Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body

Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body - Courtney E. Martin This is a rather depressing book on predominantly middle and upper class young womens' tendencies to demonize their own selves and the societal influences that prompt and sustain that demonization. Nothing terribly new here, but the author's conversations with her various subjects are do provide interesting looks at contemporary female adolescence and young adulthood.