Books and Dresses
by Joanna Rakoffin 📚 Literature
Books and Dresses
About the Substack
contemporary fiction, memoir, and fashion. With occasional interludes involving sugar-crazed six-year-olds in tutus, obsessive skincare routines, and eldercare.
About Joanna Rakoff
Author of the novel A Fortunate Age and the memoir My Salinger Year, now a movie starring Margaret Qualley as me. Next: The Fifth Passenger, a memoir, from Little, Brown.
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Before and After the Book Deal
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Poor Man's Feast
The James Beard Award-winning narrative journal about the intersection of sustenance, nature, and the creative spirit (and sometimes, a recipe).
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Love Story
Your life is a love story, just not the kind you think. An honest look at relationships, recovery, and writing from the bestselling author of We Are The Luckiest and Push Off from Here.
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À La Carte
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