What She Reads
In celebration of Women's History Month, the Sawyer Free Library asked a variety of local women to share their picks for books they love or have been inspired by that are written by fellow women. Click on a name to see their recommendations.
Also, check out this list of books by women from around the world to celebrate International Women's Day.
Amanda Cook
Amanda Cook - Artist and author

Grey is the Color of Hope
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Over the course of the pandemic I keep thinking about the book Grey is the Color of Hope by Irina Ratushinskaya. I think of of both in terms of how bad things can get, and what a person can endure.
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Moomin
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I love anything by Tove Jansson. I read her Moomin books both for myself and to my children. They are so wonderful I read them still.
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The True Deceiver
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The Summer Book
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Good Morning, Midnight
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To the Lighthouse
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The collected poems of Lucille Clifton, 1965-2010
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Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
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