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An essayist in the tradition of Joan Didion, Meghan Daum is one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers of her generation, widely recognized for her fresh, provocative approach with which she unearths the hidden fault lines in the American landscape. From her well-remembered New Yorker essays about the financial demands of big-city ambition and the ethereal, strangely old-fashioned allure of cyber relationships to her dazzlingly hilarious riff in Harper's about musical passions that give way to middle-brow paraphernalia, Daum delves into the center of things while closely examining the detritus that spills out along the way. With precision and well-balanced irony, Daum implicates herself as readily as she does the targets that fascinate and horrify her.
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 24
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It's a report tempered by hard times. In "Matricide", Daum unflinchingly describes a parent's death and the uncomfortable emotions it provokes; and in "Diary of a Coma" she relates her own journey to the twilight of the mind. But Daum also operates in a comic register. With perfect precision, she reveals the absurdities of the marriage-industrial complex, of the New Age dating market, and of the peculiar habits of the young and digital.
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Blackout: A Knockout
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In this gripping new work, Meghan examines our country’s most intractable problems with clear-eyed honesty instead of exaggerated outrage. With passion, humor, and most importantly, nuance, she tries to make sense of the current landscape - from Donald Trump’s presidency to the #MeToo movement and beyond. In the process, she wades into the waters of identity politics and intersectionality, thinks deeply about the gender wage gap, and tests a theory about the divide between Gen Xers and millennials.
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General4 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 151
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 151
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Am I the only sane childfree woman in here?
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Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House
- De: Meghan Daum
- Narrado por: Meghan Daum
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 102
It's a report tempered by hard times. In "Matricide", Daum unflinchingly describes a parent's death and the uncomfortable emotions it provokes; and in "Diary of a Coma" she relates her own journey to the twilight of the mind. But Daum also operates in a comic register. With perfect precision, she reveals the absurdities of the marriage-industrial complex, of the New Age dating market, and of the peculiar habits of the young and digital.
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- Narrado por: Scott Barry Kaufman PhD
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Blackout: A Knockout
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5 out of 5 stars
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a surprisingly nice, unsurprisingly funny memoir
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,928
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5 out of 5 stars
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No joke, This book helped my marriage
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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