I like nonfiction but I just don't seem to read too much of it. I did read Educated by Tara Westover some time ago though and that was quite an intriguing story.
Thank you for the recommendations, I will definetely pick up "Think like a woman" and the book by Claire McIntosh. I really enjoyed the book beginners by Tom Vanderbuilt and "When breath becomes air" another book about breavement.
Yay! I hope you really enjoy them both 😊 Ooh yes, I read When Breath Becomes Air a few years ago - it's brilliant! I will definitely check out Beginners, thank you x
Hi Jasmine, I really wished you could read "Triste tigre" ("Sad tiger") by French author Neige Sinno about incest. It is such an important, crucial topic, yet not talked about enough! It led me to listening to Charlotte Pudlowski's podcast "Ou peut-être une nuit", adapted into a book too ("Or maybe one night", after a song by Barbara I think). "Triste tigre" has won many prizes in France, I hope it'll get translated!! It's very intelligent, full of references (incl. to Nabokov's "Lolita") and very interesting reflections on justice, art, literature, etc. I have written an article about it on my blog but it's in French... It's both autobiographical and literary, very honest and full of nuances... It raises many, many questions and shows the consequences of incest on the victims - not to forget that there are direct victims, but some people around are also involved, who may have suffered, be complicit, etc. "Triste tigre" also shows that incest is a systemic issue, not just something happenning in one or two families, not just a miscellaneous news item. It also shows the weight of silence, the terrible mechanisms at play, both for individuals and on a societal level... An article, which I haven't read, has been published on BookBlast about "Sad tiger", written by Georgia de Chamberet. According to a "sondage" (poll/survey?) by Ipsos for Face à l'inceste (4 and 5/11/2020), 1 in 10 French people say they are victims of incest. I still have to look into the numbers in the UK - G. de Chamberet mentions it at the end of her article. In France, Camille Kouchner's "The Familia Grande: A Memoir" (available in English) has contributed to more and more people speaking more openly about incest, I think. I haven't read it, but in it, she accused her stepfather of having sexually abused her twin brother - her stepfather was a high-profile person, as you can read in the Guardian's article "High-profile French political scientist accused of sexually abusing stepson" by Kim Willsher. Apparently Olivier Duhamel, the stepfather, has admitted having sexually abused his stepson, as written by Micheal Fitzpatrick in his article "Rape, sexual violence charges dropped against French academic, media figure" for RFI. (I have quickly read these articles, please do more research, etc., if you want more accurate information, as always/with everything!) I'm sure there are other very interesting references on this topic in English too, do you know of any? I also recommend Vanessa Springora's memoir "Consent", which also caused a stir in France - TW sexual abuse of a teenage girl, it may be worth looking up for other potential TW if needed... (I use "cause a stir" in a non-pejorative way, it helped get things moving, I think.) Xxx
Hi Lilly! Oh wow, Triste Tigre sounds really interesting. I'll be interested to see if it is translated, at some point. I haven't read any non-fiction on the topic on the topic incest specifically, myself. I love a memoir, so I'll definitely check out Consent! x
@@JasmineReads If you enjoy memoirs, "Consent" and "The Familia Grande" (which I haven't read) could be of interest to you, indeed! Don't hesitate to let us know if you read anything on incest too, this is such an important topic, I'd gladly get your recommendations :) I found interesting that parallels could, in my opinion, be drawn between "Consent" and "Letter from an Unkown Woman" by Stefan Zweig. From what I can remember, both deal with a powerful and charismatic man exerting a destructive fascination over a young woman - who isn't their sole victim, btw... The "stories" (one real, one fictional) are very different of course, and the parallels are limited, but still, I thought there was a little something there! Xxx
Sociopath sounds so good! that cover!
I know, right? Everything about it is soooo good!
I like nonfiction but I just don't seem to read too much of it. I did read Educated by Tara Westover some time ago though and that was quite an intriguing story.
I often feel the same way! A couple of months will go by sometimes and I realise I haven't read any ... Yes to Educated! Tara Westover is brilliant 😊
Thank you for the recommendations, I will definetely pick up "Think like a woman" and the book by Claire McIntosh. I really enjoyed the book beginners by Tom Vanderbuilt and "When breath becomes air" another book about breavement.
Yay! I hope you really enjoy them both 😊 Ooh yes, I read When Breath Becomes Air a few years ago - it's brilliant! I will definitely check out Beginners, thank you x
I read a ton of nonfiction and I actually prefer it to fiction. Great video. Thanks.
Oh interesting! I definitely go through phases where I read more or less non-fiction. Thanks for watching 😊
Have you ever read Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking? She wrote it after losing her husband.
I haven't! I've heard a lot of brilliant things - thank you for reminding me 😊
Hi Jasmine,
I really wished you could read "Triste tigre" ("Sad tiger") by French author Neige Sinno about incest. It is such an important, crucial topic, yet not talked about enough! It led me to listening to Charlotte Pudlowski's podcast "Ou peut-être une nuit", adapted into a book too ("Or maybe one night", after a song by Barbara I think).
"Triste tigre" has won many prizes in France, I hope it'll get translated!! It's very intelligent, full of references (incl. to Nabokov's "Lolita") and very interesting reflections on justice, art, literature, etc. I have written an article about it on my blog but it's in French...
It's both autobiographical and literary, very honest and full of nuances... It raises many, many questions and shows the consequences of incest on the victims - not to forget that there are direct victims, but some people around are also involved, who may have suffered, be complicit, etc.
"Triste tigre" also shows that incest is a systemic issue, not just something happenning in one or two families, not just a miscellaneous news item. It also shows the weight of silence, the terrible mechanisms at play, both for individuals and on a societal level...
An article, which I haven't read, has been published on BookBlast about "Sad tiger", written by Georgia de Chamberet. According to a "sondage" (poll/survey?) by Ipsos for Face à l'inceste (4 and 5/11/2020), 1 in 10 French people say they are victims of incest. I still have to look into the numbers in the UK - G. de Chamberet mentions it at the end of her article.
In France, Camille Kouchner's "The Familia Grande: A Memoir" (available in English) has contributed to more and more people speaking more openly about incest, I think. I haven't read it, but in it, she accused her stepfather of having sexually abused her twin brother - her stepfather was a high-profile person, as you can read in the Guardian's article "High-profile French political scientist accused of sexually abusing stepson" by Kim Willsher. Apparently Olivier Duhamel, the stepfather, has admitted having sexually abused his stepson, as written by Micheal Fitzpatrick in his article "Rape, sexual violence charges dropped against French academic, media figure" for RFI. (I have quickly read these articles, please do more research, etc., if you want more accurate information, as always/with everything!)
I'm sure there are other very interesting references on this topic in English too, do you know of any?
I also recommend Vanessa Springora's memoir "Consent", which also caused a stir in France - TW sexual abuse of a teenage girl, it may be worth looking up for other potential TW if needed... (I use "cause a stir" in a non-pejorative way, it helped get things moving, I think.)
Xxx
Hi Lilly! Oh wow, Triste Tigre sounds really interesting. I'll be interested to see if it is translated, at some point. I haven't read any non-fiction on the topic on the topic incest specifically, myself. I love a memoir, so I'll definitely check out Consent! x
@@JasmineReads If you enjoy memoirs, "Consent" and "The Familia Grande" (which I haven't read) could be of interest to you, indeed! Don't hesitate to let us know if you read anything on incest too, this is such an important topic, I'd gladly get your recommendations :)
I found interesting that parallels could, in my opinion, be drawn between "Consent" and "Letter from an Unkown Woman" by Stefan Zweig. From what I can remember, both deal with a powerful and charismatic man exerting a destructive fascination over a young woman - who isn't their sole victim, btw...
The "stories" (one real, one fictional) are very different of course, and the parallels are limited, but still, I thought there was a little something there!
Xxx
Saved Sociopath on my TBR list. Sounds super interesting
It's so good! I hope you enjoy it if you get round to it 😍