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Year of Yes

Year of Yes

How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

by Shonda Rhimes

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appears in Burnout, Habits, and For Women.

In this poignant, hilarious and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman, the megatalented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder and Catch, reveals how saying YES changed her life and how it can change yours too. With three hit shows on television and three children at ho...

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appears in Burnout, Habits, and For Women.

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Consider Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Recommended by 6 sources.

Starts intimate and character-focused, tracking Ifemelu’s sharp, observational voice and Obinze’s quieter arc across two continents. The most useful parts are the scenes that dramatize how race, class, and longing reshape identity—especially Ifemelu’s American encounters and her blog-style interludes that name feeling with plain language. Limitations: the timeline jumps and long social digressions slow momentum, and readers looking for plot-driven pace or fewer sociopolitical reflections will find stretches that read more like argument than narrative.

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