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Books that helped me through a difficult year

Slow reading

1. Metamorphoses, by Ovid                

2. The Collected Poems
of Emily Dickinson

                3. The Book of Psalms

The most important one of these ended up being the Bible, especially the Book of Psalms. This wasn’t expected. I have a very religious aunt and I have preachers and ministers in my extended family, but it hasn’t been a central part of my life. I found in it what many people have found in it: solace and intrigue and comfort and searching. That was all surprising but I was very happy about it too. It opens up a door. You can wander around in that garden for a long time.

Total escapism

4. Bleak House
I reread a lot of Dickens, great epic novels that help you leave your world entirely. I loved Bleak House. I loved the family dynamic, the descriptions of the house, how it was symbolic of what was happening in the life. I loved the whole encompassing world.

5. He Knew He Was Right
I reread a lot of Trollope too, and really enjoyed a little-known novel of his called He Knew He Was Right. It’s a wonderful one to dive into — probably his most psychological work — about a husband wife who have a fight and can’t let go of it. A wonderful story of an obsession, wonderful and crazy and tragic.

6. My Man Jeeves
I also started reading tons of P.G. Wodehouse. The Jeeves books make me laugh out loud.

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