5 Good Things Under $50: Books by Women Authors
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LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY, SAID SOMEONE WHO WAS ON A REALLY TIGHT BUDGET. OF COURSE IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SAVE, JUST AS LONG AS YOU'RE SAVING UP FOR A FUTURE SPLURGE.
PERFUME & PAIN by Anna Dorn * $17.70 paperback (check for sale price)
A satirical novel that follows a newly cancelled LA author, Astrid Dahl, who tries desperately to revive her career amidst chaos and drama in her relationships and everyday life. A humorous take on cancel culture.
SUNBURN by Chloe Michelle Howarth * $18.63 paperback (check for sale price
A coming-of-age story set in the 90’s in an Irish village revolving around Lucy and Susannah’s experience with first love with one another and the realities of growing up queer in a tiny town.
‘LOST LAMB’ by Madeline Cash * £16.22 hardcover
Chaotic, satirical and witty are a few words that have been used to describe this debut novel by Madeline Cash. The story anchors with the Flynn family consisting of 3 daughters navigating the disastrous dissolution and coming together amidst family woes. Some reviewers have compared the Flynn’s to a middle-class Tenenbaums.
FINDING GRACE by Loretta Rothschild * $18.99 paperback
A debut novel that starts off with an unexpected twist that some reviewers suggest to just go into the book blind. While the story revolves around grief and heartache, there is also an angle for hope. Altogether some mixed reviews for this bestseller, a few reviewers on GoodReads suggested that if you can relate to and can handle themes of grief, then it’s worth the read.
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LOST ON ME by Veronica Raimo * $9.91 paperback
The Italian bestseller longlisted for The International Booker Prize 2024 is an auto-fiction novel about the author’s eccentric childhood and adolescence growing up in Rome following into her career. Readers call this book “deceptively simple” while also calling it charming and warmhearted.
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