2023 NYT Notable Books - Nonfiction

 

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41. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's invisible life

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Author:
Funder, Anna, 1966-
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Hamden/Miller Adult Biography
B/BLAIR
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"A riveting work about the woman who sacrificed her future for one of the most famous writers of the twentieth century and a probing look at what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world. Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, award-winning writer Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own. When she uncovers his forgotten wife,...

42. You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live: ten weeks in Birmingham that changed America

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Kix, Paul
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Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor
976.178/KIX
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Taking readers behind the scenes of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's pivotal 10-week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, a journalist zeroes in on its specific history and its echoes throughout our culture now.