Essays
by Ross Gay
Recommended by Gretchen Rubin and Sarah Kay
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Nonfiction.
Ross Gay?s The Book of Delights is a genredefying book of essays?some as short as a paragraph; some as long as five pages?that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. His is a meditation on delight that takes a cleareyed view of the complexities, even the terrors, i...
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