What do you recommend?

“I recently read three books I loved: Martha Graham’s ferocious autobiography Blood Memory; Lily King’s exquisite novel Euphoria and Laura van den Berg’s lively and smart collection Isle of Youth. In any given book, I’m often looking for a kick in the pants — inspiration for how to live my life more courageously, or astounding sentences. These books have both, in spades.”

Megan Mayhew Bergman,

author of Almost

Famous Women

This story was originally published January 30, 2015 at 12:58 PM with the headline "What do you recommend?."