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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="17580" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Reese-Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</keyword> said she had panic attacks for weeks leading up to filming 2014's "<keyword id="23612" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Wild">Wild</keyword>."</li><li>She was not only scared of on-screen nudity, sex, and drugs, but also feared being alone on camera.</li><li>The actress told Tracee Ellis Ross for Interview on Tuesday that she used hypnosis to calm down.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/reese-witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a> experienced panic attacks before shooting "Wild," a 2014 film based on <keyword id="1470556" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Cheryl-Strayed">Cheryl Strayed</keyword>'s best-selling memoir of the same name, the actress said in a new interview published on Tuesday.In the Jean-Marc Vallée film, Witherspoon stars as Strayed, a recovering heroin user who embarks on a 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.Despite the character's lack of hiking experience, she's determined to complete the grueling journey in an attempt to discover her identity in the aftermath of her mother's death and a divorce. Witherspoon, who also lacked hiking experience like her character, revealed she was uneasy heading into filming."I had hypnosis, I was so scared," Witherspoon told Tracee Ellis Ross for <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/reese-witherspoon-tells-tracee-ellis-ross-how-she-conquered-hollywood">Interview</a>, adding, "I was having panic attacks for three weeks before I started."<div type="image" title="wild reese witherspoon" height="750" width="1183" msid="83556154" hostid="261"></div>At the time she signed onto "Wild," Witherspoon was working to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/how-reese-witherspoon-took-charge-her-career-changed-hollywood-1260203/">reinvigorate her career</a> with increasingly complex and daring roles. But she said the film's more explicit scenes with sex, drugs, and nudity evoked fear.The forthcoming solitude in Oregon's wild terrain and the looming reality that she would be "alone on camera with no other actors" also led her to panic. "I hadn't ever been alone in scenes for days and days. There were probably 25 days of the shoot where I had no other actor opposite me. It was just me and a camera and a backpack. I was like, 'Is this going to be so boring?'" she told Ross. In order to authentically portray Strayed's experience, Witherspoon went bare-faced in the film and <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/toronto-reese-witherspoon-going-makeup-731159/">carried her own 75-pound backpack.</a> Her hard work resonated with fans and critics alike, and her performance earned the Hello Sunshine founder an Academy Award nomination for best actress in 2015."I don't know if I'll ever work that hard again, but it changed me on a cellular level," Witherspoon said. <div type="image" title="Wild movie Reese Witherspoon" height="1000" width="1503" msid="83556160" hostid="261"></div>The actress and producer previously said that she <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/reese-witherspoon-talks-mental-health-experiences-postpartum-depression-70205462">began therapy at 16 years old</a> to cope with her anxiety. "My brain is like a hamster on a wheel and it won't come off," she said on Jameela Jamil's "<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/i-weigh-with-jameela-jamil/reese-witherspoon">I Weigh</a>" podcast in April 2020. "I've been managing it my entire life."Witherspoon went on to explain that she struggled to control her mental <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">health</keyword> after giving birth to each of her children - Ava Phillippe, 21, Deacon Phillippe, 17, and Tennessee Toth, 8."After each child, I had a different experience," she explained. "One kid I had kind of mild postpartum. One kid I had severe postpartum, where I had to take pretty heavy medication because I just wasn't thinking straight at all, and then I had one kid where I had no postpartum at all."Witherspoon said she felt "more depressed" than she ever has while suffering from "severe postpartum."

Reese Witherspoon says she had panic attacks for 3 weeks before filming 'Wild'

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Cheryl Strayed, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the 2012 memoir "<a href="http://www.cherylstrayed.com/wild_108676.htm">Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail</a>," is ready to talk about money.In the new anthology "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scratch-Writers-Money-Making-Living/dp/1501134574">Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living</a>" by Manjula Martin, Strayed lifts the veil on her dire financial past."We almost lost our house before I sold 'Wild' [in 2009]," she told Martin in an interview for the book. "I think we had $85,000 in credit card debt by the time I sold that book. I can say that now because I don't have any debt, but I was so ashamed of that."Strayed had already paid off a previous bout of credit card debt - around $50,000 - after signing the deal for her first book, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Torch-Vintage-Contemporaries-Cheryl-Strayed/dp/0345805615">Torch</a>," in 2003, for which she got a $100,000 advance."It was November 2003 ... and I distinctly remember yelling - shrieking - into the phone to my husband, 'A hundred thousand dollars! A hundred thousand dollars!' And we were both just flipping out. We were like, our life is changed," Strayed recalls.But after a 15% agent fee, Strayed said she was left with just $21,000 annually over the next four years, paid out after reaching milestones like sending the book to printing, hardcover publication, and paperback publication. And a third of those paychecks then went to the IRS. "Don't get me wrong, the book deal helped a lot - it was like getting a grant every year for four years. But it wasn't enough to live off of," Strayed said. She supplemented her income with teaching college writing courses and freelancing, but with two kids under the age of two, Strayed says it was near impossible to make ends meet.By the time she sold "Wild" to her publisher in 2009 - for a much larger $400,000 advance - she was up to $85,000 in credit card debt and still had lingering student loans.<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_left"><div class="image on-image"></div></div>"So here I was trying to write my second book with two babies, and we were just busting our a--es. During those years we were spending more on childcare than I was making," Strayed said. "And we would always be so broke and ashamed and putting things on the credit card. Really getting into trouble."She continued: "Here's another thing that's so interesting about money that people never talk about: There are all these invisible advantages and privileges people have. Parents who help out with a down payment, or a grandparent who takes the kids every Tuesday. Parents who pay for college. We didn't have any of that."With her first "Wild" paycheck, she paid off her student loans and the $85,000 debt. "We went out and had sushi. But our life didn't change. We only got out of credit card debt. But it changed in that way, trust me. As anyone who's been in severe credit card debt knows, it was a nightmare."Even after "Wild" was published three years later, Strayed, a newly minted bestselling author, was still broke."[I]n April 2012 the book had been out a month. I was on my book tour, and I was traveling around, and everyone was treating me like this big glorious bestselling author, and my husband texted me saying, 'Our April rent check bounced. Why did it bounce?' And I replied, 'Because we don't have any money in our checking account!' And we laughed until we cried," she said.By January 2013, Strayed began earning royalties for the book's global success: "So it was almost a year before my life actually changed," she said. The following year, "Wild" was <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/">adapted into a film</a> starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, who both earned Academy-Award nominations for their performances. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ways-earn-passive-income-website-blog-accounting-teaching-lessons-2016-12">8 great ways to earn passive income</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="tha2pqODE6Axwag4VBHZV0f4kBiC7jC7" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

'It was a nightmare': Author Cheryl Strayed reveals how she racked up $85,000 in credit card debt while writing No. 1 bestseller 'Wild'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Debut novelist Chelsea Banning vented about an ill-attended book signing on Twitter.</li><li>Her thread drew commiseration from a who's-who of literary greats, including Cheryl Strayed and Jodi Picoult.</li></ul>For debut author Chelsea Banning, an ill-attended book signing may have turned out to be a big break.Banning, whose debut book is titled "Of Crowns and Legends" – a fantasy novel following two of King Arthur's twins as war looms – vented on Twitter yesterday about her first-ever signing event. She shared that while 37 people had RSVP'd, only two showed up. "Kind of upset, honestly," the Ohio-based librarian <a href="https://twitter.com/chelseabwrites/status/1599396859394789382">tweeted</a>, "and a little embarrassed." It was a sentiment that resonated with writers of all sizes and genres, inspiring some of literature's most prominent names – including Neil Gaiman, Jodi Picoult, Cheryl Strayed, and Margaret Atwood – to share their own humbling experiences of book signings gone awry. "Terry Pratchett and I did a signing in Manhattan for 'Good Omens' that nobody came to at all," <a href="https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1599776707392679936?s=20&amp;t=ShF6hY3lZ87v6y3_HlGgTA">wrote Gaiman</a>. "So you are two up on us.""I have sat lonely at a signing table many times only to have someone approach…and ask me where the bathroom is," <a href="https://twitter.com/jodipicoult/status/1599582446923567104">added Picoult</a>."Join the club," <a href="https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood/status/1599812088024924162?s=20&amp;t=ShF6hY3lZ87v6y3_HlGgTA">said Atwood</a>. "I did a signing to which nobody came, except a guy who wanted to buy some Scotch tape and thought I was the help."Other writers who commiserated included the journalist-turned-author <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisNYC/status/1599597942561611776?s=20&amp;t=ShF6hY3lZ87v6y3_HlGgTA">Mark Harris</a>, comic fantasyist <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAuthorGuy/status/1599621259620667393?s=20&amp;t=ShF6hY3lZ87v6y3_HlGgTA">Christopher Moore</a>, Korean-American novelist <a href="https://twitter.com/minjinlee11/status/1599599120188026880?s=20&amp;t=ShF6hY3lZ87v6y3_HlGgTA">Min Jin Lee</a>, humorist and NPR host <a href="https://twitter.com/petersagal/status/1599619406073835521?s=20&amp;t=ShF6hY3lZ87v6y3_HlGgTA">Peter Sagal</a>, and the Irish writer <a href="https://twitter.com/sheilaoflanagan/status/1599693371219775489?s=20&amp;t=ShF6hY3lZ87v6y3_HlGgTA">Sheila O'Flanagan</a>.Even actor Henry Winkler chimed in: In addition to Banning's circle of support on Twitter, the attention strengthened sales for "Of Crowns and Legends," which came out in August but has now vaulted to the No. 2 spot on Amazon's <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?amazonTrackingID=biauto-60159-20&amp;postID=638e5e94aa84992e69100569&amp;site=in&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBest-Sellers-Arthurian-Fantasy%2Fzgbs%2Fdigital-text%2F158578011">best sellers list</a> for Arthurian Fantasy. "I shared my vulnerability, which doesn't happen a lot on social media," Banning told Insider of the overwhelming response. "Especially with how rampant imposter syndrome is with writers, sharing the downs with the ups shows that we all go through them and we share similar struggles.""I've had a few invites to events already," she said of future plans, where she's bound to garner a healthier headcount. "So we will see what the future holds."

Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and dozens of other famous authors shared stories of their worst book signing disasters to comfort an up-and-coming author

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Rita Wilson shared a touching photo with Tom Hanks to mark their 35th wedding anniversary.</li><li>"35 years of marriage. April 30 1988. Love is everything," she wrote.</li></ul>Actor Rita Wilson shared a sweet <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Crqc3o-tami/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Instagram to mark her 35th wedding anniversary with her husband, actor Tom Hanks.On April 30, Wilson posted a photo of the couple with a cake that had "happy anniversary" written on it in frosting. In the caption, Wilson wrote: "35 years of marriage. April 30 1988. Love is everything." The post received over 140,000 likes, and congratulatory comments from many of Hanks and Wilson's celebrity friends.Writer Cheryl Strayed <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Crqc3o-tami/c/17979038222001912/">wished</a> the pair a happy anniversary, as did actors <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Crqc3o-tami/c/18257144257194482/">Jennifer Garner</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Crqc3o-tami/c/17987162900004382/">Julianne Moore</a>, and former First Lady of California <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Crqc3o-tami/c/18186686770267454/">Maria Shriver</a>.<h2>Wilson and Hanks have one of the longest-lasting relationships in Hollywood</h2>Wilson and Hanks met on the set of the ABC sitcom "Bosom Buddies" in 1981. Hanks was married to his college sweetheart Samantha Lewes at the time, but they finalized their divorce in 1987.After Hanks separated from Lewes, he started dating Wilson, and the couple married in 1988, going on to have two children together, Chet and Truman.Their marriage is one of the longest-lasting in Hollywood, as <a href="https://www.insider.com/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-marriage-relationship-timeline">Insider's Talia Lakritz reported</a>.<div type="image" title="Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks in March 2019" height="2800" width="4200" msid="99914982" hostid="261" sizebytes="440560"></div>Wilson told <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/22/rita-wilson-actor-and-singer-on-music-marriage-to-tom-hanks-cancer-and-princess-di" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Guardian</a> in 2022 that she and her husband are not the same people that they were when they first met over three decades ago: "Marriages are multiple relationships, really, between two people who are always changing," she said.Her advice to others who would like to emulate their longstanding relationship?"You have to allow each other to evolve and grow; you need communication and curiosity," Wilson said. "Stay interested in your partner, and make sure to really listen."Speaking to Oprah Winfrey in 2001, Hanks said that the success of their relationship came down to "a matter of timing, maturity, and our willingness to have an intimate connection," Lakritz reported."When I married Rita, I thought, 'This is going to require some change on my part,'" he said."I won't deny that providence was part of us finding each other, but our relationship isn't magic — the way it's shown in movies. In real life, our connection is as concrete as me sitting here. Not that marriage doesn't come close to being hell in a handbasket sometimes. But we both know that no matter what, we'll be with each other — and we'll get through it," he added.

Rita Wilson posted a touching tribute to her husband Tom Hanks on their 35th anniversary: 'Love is everything'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Harry Styles is popular with young women but also big with people like me — moms in their 40s. </li><li>I lost myself in motherhood, and Styles' music helped me find myself again.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/wildest-outfits-harry-styles-best-fashion-moments">Harry Styles</a> is beloved by young women who grew up listening to One Direction, but he's also popular among <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/why-women-in-their-40s-love-harry-styles-so-much" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women in their 40s</a>, moms, and even <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/harry-styles-grandma-superfan-reina-29142959" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grandmas</a>. With the release of "Harry's House" in spring last year, which recently snagged the Grammy for <a href="https://www.insider.com/grammys-harry-styles-aoty-acceptance-speech-reactions-backlash-2023-2">album of the year</a>, I joined the legions of women obsessed with the fast-dancing, endlessly charming bloke.I've loved One Direction and <a href="https://www.insider.com/harry-styles-worth-makes-spends-money">Styles</a>' music for years, but before I became a serious fan early last year, I was in a bad place. I'd been mentally, professionally, and emotionally stuck since the start of the pandemic, when I lost access to childcare and added another child to my home. Then I bought "Harry's House" after enjoying the radio singles, and something in me shifted for the better. I became more playful with my kids, started writing more, and initiated social outings with friends.My newfound love for Styles led me to impulsively buy tickets to two of his recent shows near Los Angeles — the closest ones to my home in <a href="https://www.insider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-traveling-to-portland-oregon">Portland, Oregon</a> — both times without first consulting my family.For a stay-at-home mom who hadn't had a kid-free night in more than three years, it was a long-overdue act of self-care, and I credit Styles with emboldening me to do it.<h2 dir="ltr">I lost myself in motherhood</h2>I <a href="https://www.insider.com/having-children-pushed-me-away-from-my-career-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost a strong sense of self</a> after having kids. My days are spent driving my sons to and from <a href="https://www.insider.com/autism-diagnosis-in-my-son-highlighted-favorite-parts-of-him-2022-3?fbclid=IwAR1jl5wC_Ba0zCAkHMMfrpQKagtfXKZiVoeUjuuBz9aQNGXFF6ztubAQFfA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">autism and speech therapy</a>, and in the car, I've gotten to know Harry. His songs have brightened up my worst and most stressful days as a mom. "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" and "As It Was" induce such euphoria in me that I can't possibly be in a bad mood when they're playing. When traffic jams hit, my kids wail in the backseat before succumbing to naps, or I'm faced with stormy weather, Styles puts me at ease. I'm often shuttling my sons around in a severely sleep-deprived state, and to keep from feeling drowsy, I sing along to Styles' upbeat lyrics.Portland, Oregon, is known for its dreary weather, so the cheeriness of Styles' songs, including the booming, musical-influenced "Treat People With Kindness" and the largely overlooked "Sunflower, Vol. 6" on "Fine Line," have helped thwart my seasonal blues.In a time when everyone seems to be <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-weeknd-grand-theft-auto-vice-city-80s-music-3103875" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reliving the '80s</a> in music, Styles' psychedelic, funky '70s feel in "Fine Line" and parts of "Harry's House" are so refreshing.<h2 dir="ltr">I bought tickets to see him</h2>In fall, I casually browsed seats for Styles' "<a href="https://www.hstyles.co.uk/#tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Love on Tour</a>" stop near Los Angeles, and within minutes, I had a single ticket for his November 9 performance.Some people thought it was weird that I went to the show without a gaggle of friends, but I'm never alone, so it was the best trip I could have asked for. For once, I had to pack a bag for only myself and didn't have to worry about including snacks, wipes, diapers, trash bags for wet pants, or spare toddler clothes.I even had lunch with my childhood best friend, who just so happened to be at Los Angeles International Airport at the same time as I was. It was so pleasant having a fully engaged conversation with another adult without constantly looking over at my kids. I read my book uninterrupted on the plane, took two showers in one day, and ate sushi for the first time in years at the venue, Kia Forum, which sold the dish in honor of Styles' hit song.I hopped in Ubers without taking car-seat installation into consideration and had long conversations with many other concert attendees. I'm not used to being unencumbered, but it felt so good within the context of my Harry Styles adventures.I spoke with several women in their 60s who had traveled across the country to see him and a girl who was turning 18 at midnight and shared a birthday with Styles. After a scan of the room, I noticed there didn't seem to be a lot of women my age at the show. I thought maybe most of them had kids around the ages of mine and chose to sit this one out, and I felt a tingle of pride that, for once, I put myself first.My husband wasn't exactly thrilled about my spontaneous purchase, but because he knew how much Styles had enriched my life over the past year, he understood it was important for me to take this solo trip. I joked it was my version of Cheryl Strayed's "Wild," a memoir about the author's journey hiking alone to deal with her demons and buried grief. Styles tells people at every concert that they can be whomever they want for the night, and I'm so thankful he me permission to do that not only in his presence but also in my everyday life. At "Harry's House," I'm not just a mother of boys.

I hadn't had a kid-free night in 3 years. Going to see Harry Styles is the boldest act of self-care I've allowed myself.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="17580" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Reese-Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</keyword> recalled agents telling her that accepting roles that are mothers would ruin her career, she told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday.</li><li>The actress said that even though she became a parent at 23, she was advised against portraying a mom in projects.</li><li>Witherspoon, now 44, said agents told her that appearing on-screen as a mother would make her seem old and limit future opportunities. </li><li>"There was a lot of talk about who we were supposed to be for other people, and, trust me, I listened to it for a long time," she said. </li><li>Witherspoon added, "It was like we're supposed to only create fantasy people."</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/reese-witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a>'s agents told her that appearing as an on-screen mother would lead to her professional decline, she said in an interview with the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-06-09/reese-witherspoon-little-fires-everywhere-morning-show-big-little-lies">Los Angeles Times</a> on Tuesday.Having given birth to her eldest child Ava Phillippe when she was 23 years old, the actress, now 44, said she didn't believe the agents who told her playing a mother would "age her" or "ruin her career."After playing June Carter Cash, a mother of three, in the 2005 film "Walk the Line," Witherspoon saw their precautionary words form into reality. Although the performance scored her an Academy Award for best actress, Witherspoon said she felt "frozen" for years. "There was a lot of talk about who we were supposed to be for other people, and, trust me, I listened to it for a long time," she said. "It was like we're supposed to only create fantasy people."<div type="image" title="Reese WItherspoon" height="2002" width="2669" msid="76331166" hostid="261"></div>Frustrated with the lack of on-screen opportunities, Witherspoon said in a previous interview with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4pccU0xW1Y">"CBS Sunday Morning"</a> that her now-husband Jim Toth told the actress that she read "more than anybody" he knew and suggested turning one of her favorite books into a movie.She <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4pccU0xW1Y">called "Wild" author Cheryl Strayed</a> to ask if she could produce and star in a film adaptation of her book. Strayed accepted, and Witherspoon earned an Academy Award nomination for a role in a project she produced. She's since produced a number of programs that bring nuance and complexity to a part she'd once felt was forbidden.Witherspoon starred as Madeline Mackenzie, a controlling mother in the center of the town's gossip, on HBO's "<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/big-little-lies">Big Little Lies</a>," and Elena Richardson, a suburban mother who works part-time as a journalist, on Hulu's "<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/little-fires-everywhere">Little Fires Everywhere</a>."In both roles, Witherspoon uses mothers' stories to address topics such as romance, deceit, sacrifice, and race. She's served as a producer on both projects. Roles like Madeline and Elena are limited, Witherspoon explained to the Los Angeles Times, adding that the lack of women-driven projects inspired her to create Hello Sunshine, a production company focused on bringing women's creative work to life, in 2016.The company has produced projects like "Gone Girl" (2014) and "Hot Pursuit" (2015). Witherspoon said she largely attributed Hello Sunshine's success to the support she's received from fellow female creatives. "I wasn't getting calls and I'm still not," she said. "The phone's not ringing. If Nicole [Kidman] and myself aren't doing this work or Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie and Laura Dern... we're working hard to create a surplus. We have to give each other ideas and produce for each other, because no one's out there thinking of us first."<div type="image" title="nicole kidman reese witherspoon" height="739" width="986" msid="76331167" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://hello-sunshine.com/podcasts">Hello Sunshine</a> also shares podcasts and hosts Reese's book club, in which she selects a book focused on a woman protagonist each month. For Witherspoon, spreading these stories is imperative. "Think about the hundreds of years, if not thousands of years of lost women's stories," she said. "How the hell can I not feel that there's a sense of urgency? Every woman I know that is working to tell stories of women or marginalized groups feels the same way. You don't know how long a window will last. You hope it lasts a long, long time, but you never know."The key to overcoming road bumps, Witherspoon said, wasn't avoiding risky roles that might "ruin" her career. Rather, it was recognizing her own potential when others brushed her off. "I will put in the hours, and I bet on myself," she said during a May 2020 interview on "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4pccU0xW1Y">CBS Sunday Morning</a>."She added, "I'm my own lottery ticket."

Reese Witherspoon says her agents told her that playing a mother would 'ruin her career'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Five years ago, "<keyword id="13210702" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="big-little-lies" source="Orion">Big Little Lies</keyword>" premiered, cementing <keyword id="12314358" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="reese-witherspoon" source="Orion">Reese Witherspoon</keyword> as both star and producer.</li><li>It was a remarkable turnaround from the mid-2010s, when she starred in forgettable comedies.</li></ul>Five years ago this weekend, "<a href="https://www.insider.com/big-little-lies-on-hbo-season-2-details-release-date-casting-meryl-streep-2018-1">Big Little Lies</a>," the HBO drama starring and produced by <a href="https://www.insider.com/reese-witherspoon-fun-facts-things-you-didnt-know">Reese Witherspoon</a>, premiered. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/big-little-lies-finishes-series-high-viewership-1226350/">A ratings smash</a> that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/emmys-wins-by-network-and-show-in-2017-2017-9">took home eight Emmys</a>, the miniseries helped usher in a new phase of her career: superpowerful producer.These days, Witherspoon's <keyword id="6298188" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hello-sunshine" source="Orion">Hello Sunshine</keyword> imprimatur is everywhere: on projects starring her, like Apple TV+'s "<a href="https://www.insider.com/why-hasan-minhaj-thought-jennifer-aniston-hated-him-2021-9">The Morning Show</a>" and Hulu's "<keyword id="13210703" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="little-fires-everywhere" source="Orion">Little Fires Everywhere</keyword>," and on shows featuring other stars, like Apple's "Truth Be Told" with Octavia Spencer. Meanwhile, Reese's Book Club has become a publishing-industry powerhouse rivaling Oprah, as its <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reesesbookclub/?hl=en">2.2 million Instagram followers</a> drive titles like Delia Owens' "<keyword id="13210704" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="where-the-crawdads-sing" source="Orion">Where the Crawdads Sing</keyword>" and Glennon Doyle's "Untamed" to the top of the bestseller list.<div type="image" title="Big Little Lies" height="499" width="665" msid="89688118" hostid="261"></div>Last year, Witherspoon became Hollywood's richest actress, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnchmielewski/2021/08/02/how-reese-witherspoon-has-become-the-worlds-richest-actress/?sh=1e6dc7ca4d9b">according to Forbes</a>, with an estimated net worth of $400 million. Much of that derives from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reese-witherspoon-hello-sunshine-reportedly-sold-for-900-million-2021-8">her sale last summer of a majority stake in Hello Sunshine</a>, reportedly valued at $900 million.But less than a decade ago, Witherspoon was considered a victim of <a href="https://www.insider.com/oscars-curse-2019-2">the so-called best-actress curse</a>. She'd followed her 2006 Oscar win with years of roles in middling comedies like "Four Christmases," "This Means War," "How Do You Know," and "Hot Pursuit." <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/06/25/funny-is-money">A 2012 New Yorker article</a> declared her a faded star, placing her alongside the likes of Demi Moore and John Travolta.How was she able to turn things around so spectacularly?<h2>'I was so used to being underestimated'</h2>Before "Big Little Lies," Witherspoon was known for her iconic roles in "<a href="https://www.insider.com/legally-blonde-facts-2019-1">Legally Blonde</a>" and "Election" and her Oscar-winning turn as June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line." But in the decade-plus between her Oscar win and her hit adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel, her career floundered."I was so used to being underestimated that when I was somehow accepted, I didn't know how to look at material," Witherspoon <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/how-reese-witherspoon-took-charge-her-career-changed-hollywood-1260203/">told The Hollywood Reporter</a> of this time in her life. "I didn't know how to make decisions and I didn't know what I wanted to say." (Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine declined a request for comment for this piece.)Her off-screen behavior didn't help. In 2013, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reese-witherspoon-arrested-in-atlanta-2013-4">she was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct</a> after her husband, Jim Toth, was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence. The incident was <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2013/05/02/reese-witherspoon-arrest-dash-cam-video/">caught on tape</a>, with <a href="https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/reese-witherspoon-arrested-dui-husband-jim-toth-atlanta-1200401299/">Witherspoon asking the officer</a> "Do you know my name?" and promising that he'd "be on national news" for arresting her. (She ultimately pleaded no contest and <a href="https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/22/reese-witherspoon-deeply-embarrassed-about-her-disorderly-conduct-husbands-dui/">apologized</a>, saying she was "deeply embarrassed" by her behavior.)<div type="image" title="reese witherspoon hot pursuit" height="414" width="552" msid="89688120" hostid="261"></div>But Toth was also key to Witherspoon's efforts to remake herself. A successful talent agent, he gave her the push to self-fund her production company, then called Pacific Standard, with the goal of making the complex, women-fronted projects she couldn't find in her own career."He said, 'You should produce movies,'" Witherspoon <a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a13533/reese-witherspoon-0216/">told Harper's Bazaar in 2016</a>. "'You read more books than anybody I know. You should just buy some of them and turn them into films.'"Witherspoon did just that, optioning two of the biggest titles of the early 2010s: Gillian Flynn's suspense novel "Gone Girl," which <a href="https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/new-two-book-deal-for-gone-girl-author-gillian-flynn/">topped the New York Times bestseller list for eight weeks</a>, and Cheryl Strayed's hiking memoir, "Wild," which also hit No. 1 on the list and was the first title in Oprah's rebooted book club.<div type="image" title="wild reese witherspoon" height="749" width="999" msid="89688122" hostid="261"></div>Both film adaptations were released in 2014; "Gone Girl" was a box-office smash, while ''Wild" was a modest hit and earned Witherspoon her second Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Strayed.But Witherspoon was still waiting for the project that would put her over the top both in front of and behind the camera — and it turned out to be on television.<h2>Elevating 'chick lit' brought Witherspoon to new heights</h2>When Moriarty's "Big Little Lies" was released in 2014, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/books/in-big-little-lies-liane-moriarty-finds-new-complications.html?_r=0">a Times critic</a> praised the book's "easy, girlfriendly style," noting that it "isn't likely to attract much of a male readership."But Moriarty <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/books/liane-moriarty-nine-perfect-strangers-big-little-lies.html">told The Times in 2018</a> that the emphasis on female characters that had earned the book the label of "chick lit" was also the secret to its television success. Centered on a quintet of major actresses including Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Dern, "Big Little Lies" filled an untapped need for stories about complicated women.<div type="image" title="big little lies" height="1333" width="1778" msid="89688124" hostid="261"></div>Since then, adaptations of contemporary women's literary fiction have taken off. HBO commissioned Moriarty to formulate a second season of "Big Little Lies," featuring Meryl Streep in her first TV role in 15 years, while Hulu adapted her follow-up book, "Nine Perfect Strangers." Kidman got a second book-based HBO series (and second Emmy nomination) with "The Undoing," based on Jean Hanff Korelitz's "You Should Have Known." Caroline Kepnes' "You" books and Kristin Hannah's "Firefly Lane" have been turned into successful Netflix series.Not all of these shows have been critically acclaimed; "Big Little Lies" took a drubbing in its second season. But they've given Witherspoon the clout to expand beyond literary adaptations, most notably with "<keyword id="12102064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-morning-show" source="Orion">The Morning Show</keyword>," which <a href="https://www.insider.com/2020-emmy-nominees-winners-list-2020-7">landed eight Emmy nominations</a> for its first season.Witherspoon's shows have been huge subscription drivers for HBO Max, Hulu, and Apple. A report from the content-analytics firm <a href="https://www.diesellabs.com/">Diesel Labs</a> that was <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90665808/this-one-chart-shows-why-reese-witherspoons-hello-sunshine-is-worth-900-million">shared with Fast Company</a> last year indicated that "Big Little Lies," "Little Fires Everywhere," and "The Morning Show" were key in acquiring new users for their respective platforms, outpacing even other women-centric marquee shows like "Mare of Easttown" and "Mrs. America.""For a small production company, Hello Sunshine is producing top-tier, high-quality content that is driving measurable engagement and new engaged audiences for streaming services," said Anjali Midha, the CEO and cofounder of Diesel Labs.<h2>Witherspoon's book-to-TV pipeline is just getting started</h2>Scroll back to the earliest days of Reese's Book Club, and you'll find the September 2017 pick: Celeste Ng's "Little Fires Everywhere.""This deep psychological mystery about two families in Ohio moved me to tears," Witherspoon <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BY8p2innaQK/?hl=en">wrote on Instagram</a>, adding, "To say I love this book is an understatement."As it turned out, the selection wasn't entirely motivated by literary goodwill. <a href="https://deadline.com/2018/03/hulu-series-order-little-fires-everywhere-reese-witherspoon-kerry-washington-1202336463/">Deadline reported</a> that Witherspoon had read "Little Fires Everywhere" before its publication and brought it to Kerry Washington, who agreed to coproduce and costar. By the time the Hulu adaptation was announced in March 2018, Witherspoon's endorsement had already helped propel "Little Fires Everywhere" <a href="https://ew.com/books/2018/03/23/celeste-ng-novelist-profile/">to a more than 20-week run</a> on the Times bestseller list.When the show came out in March 2020, "Little Fires Everywhere" had spent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/books/review/celeste-ng-little-fires-everywhere-hulu.html">48 weeks on the hardcover fiction bestseller list and 40 weeks on the paperback list</a>, fueling enthusiasm for the adaptation. Shortly after the premiere, the book <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Fiction_Best_Sellers_of_2020">hit No. 1</a> on the Times list, remaining there for three weeks.<div type="image" title="little fires everywhere elena mia" height="1515" width="2021" msid="89688126" hostid="261"></div>Even for authors who don't land the top spot on the bestseller list or a Hello Sunshine adaptation, Witherspoon's seal of approval has been huge.Andrea Bartz, the author of Witherspoon's August 2021 pick, "We Were Never Here," said that book "outperformed my first two books many, many times over." The novel debuted at No. 3 on The Times' hardcover fiction list and stayed there for five weeks.By September, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/we-were-never-here-netflix-movie-1235010381/">it had been optioned</a> by Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter's Berlanti/Schechter Films and Molly Sims' Something Happy Productions for a Netflix adaptation — and by the time it arrives, it'll have a built-in audience."More than six months later, sales are still strong," Bartz said. "I feel incredibly lucky that, thanks to that spotlight, hundreds of thousands of readers discovered my book."<div type="image" title="reese witherspoon hello sunshine" height="1997" width="2670" msid="89688128" hostid="261"></div>Literary adaptations are nothing new, but when it comes to building an empire around them, Witherspoon was in the right place at the right time, said Maris Kreizman, the literary commentator and host of the literary podcast "The Maris Review.""Streaming has created a bigger market than ever for more shows and movies, and therefore it's created a huge appetite for intellectual property," she said. "It's a no-brainer to build a production company around it. Production companies win, authors win."<h2>Witherspoon has created a model for other actresses</h2>From the moment they make it big, Hollywood actresses face a looming problem: As they age out of the youth the industry demands, <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-have-spoken-out-against-age-discrimination-2019-8">their career options narrow</a>.Some have found massive success in pivoting away from film roles. Jessica Alba built a billion-dollar empire around <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2021/05/04/inside-jessica-albas-long-and-turbulent-road-to-taking-the-honest-company-public/?sh=7824352c6be1">eco-friendly personal-care products</a>, and Gwyneth Paltrow has <a href="https://www.insider.com/gwyneth-paltrow-netflix-goop-lab-behind-the-scenes-2020-1">become synonymous with wellness and alternative modalities</a>. (Witherspoon has played in this arena too, via <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reese-witherspoons-draper-james-2016-2">her clothing and home-goods brand, Draper James</a>.)<div type="image" title="reese witherspoon draper james" height="1497" width="1997" msid="89688130" hostid="261"></div>But with the success of Hello Sunshine, the game has changed for actresses, who are rushing to emulate Witherspoon's model of producing successful literary adaptations.Under her LuckyChap banner, Margot Robbie <a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/maid-stephanie-land-netflix-series-margot-robbie-john-wells-1203410433/">produced Netflix's successful adaptation</a> of "Maid," Stephanie Land's bestselling memoir, and plans to turn Ottessa Moshfegh's novel "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" <a href="https://deadline.com/2018/07/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation-margot-robbie-charles-roven-atlas-luckychap-movie-ottessa-moshfegh-1202423155/">into a feature film</a>. Kaley Cuoco told The Hollywood Reporter that Witherspoon <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kaley-cuoco-on-her-pivot-to-darker-material-in-hbo-max-thriller-the-flight-attendant-4085274/">was "the obvious one"</a> she'd modeled her career on when she pivoted from a decade of "Big Bang Theory" stardom into optioning, producing and starring in HBO Max's surprise hit "The Flight Attendant," based on Chris Bohjalian's 2018 novel. And Washington is following up "Little Fires Everywhere" with <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/08/kerry-washington-to-produce-star-in-rockaway-film-for-netflix-diane-cardwell-1234808090/">a Netflix adaptation of "Rockaway,"</a> Diane Cardwell's surfing memoir, which Washington will both star in and produce."I think Witherspoon's huge success has encouraged other actresses to explore their own producing power, as well as to harness their star power to get more projects made that center on women," said Joy Press, the Vanity Fair correspondent and author of "Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television."<div type="image" title="Flight Attendant Kaley Cuoco" height="1056" width="1408" msid="89688132" hostid="261"></div>Hello Sunshine's $900 million sale almost certainly played a role. "It had to be a number that signified that it's big business, because women are big business," Witherspoon told Gayle King in <a href="https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/reese-witherspoon/december-2021-cover">an InStyle interview</a> last year, later adding: "Women are also hyperaware that they are the buying majority. They hold the purse strings. They also consume much more media than men. When you're talking in terms of my business, it only makes sense to cater to an audience that consumes more than anyone, right?"Witherspoon has no plans to stop catering to her audience, with three more Reese's Book Club adaptations on the way from Hello Sunshine: She's producing TV versions of Tembi Locke's "From Scratch" for Netflix and Taylor Jenkins Reid's "Daisy Jones and the Six" for Prime Video, and a feature film of "Where the Crawdads Sing."The latter is arguably the book club's biggest success, skyrocketing from an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/books/review/where-the-crawdads-sing-delia-owens-best-seller.html">initial print run of 27,500 copies</a> to <a href="https://www.deliaowens.com/news-reviews/2021/5/9/crawdads-book-reaches-11-million-in-sales">11 million copies</a> sold as of May. While Witherspoon doesn't appear in the "Crawdads" film, <a href="https://people.com/movies/reese-witherspoon-where-the-crawdads-sing-adaptation-set-for-june-2022-release/">set to be released on June 24</a>, there's no mistaking who made it happen."It's going to be a big year for Hello Sunshine," she told InStyle. "Which makes me so happy!"

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<div class="image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image">Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images</div></div></div>The <keyword id="1421133" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="New-York-Public-Library">New York Public Library</keyword> recently shared their list of the most popular <keyword id="5050" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="books">books</keyword> for 2013. 
"Fifty Shades of Grey" continued to be popular, with two books from the series ranking in the top 10 for fiction. Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl" was first in fiction, with 7,892 circulations, while Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" was the most frequently read book in nonfiction, with 4,199 circulations. 
<a href="http://jezebel.com/female-authors-top-the-new-york-public-librarys-charts-1501820820">As Jezebel noted</a>, female authors made a great showing on both lists.
Here's the complete list, ranked according to the number of times they were checked out last year. 
Adult Fiction 
1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Girl-Gillian-Flynn/dp/030758836X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798303&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=gone+girl">"Gone Girl"</a> by Gillian Flynn 2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Casual-Vacancy-J-K-Rowling/dp/0316228583/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798431&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+casual+vacancy">"The Casual Vacancy"</a> by J. K. Rowling 3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Dan-Brown/dp/0385537859/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798517&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=inferno%3A+a+novel">"Inferno"</a> by Dan Brown 4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Echoed-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/159463176X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798680&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=and+the+mountains+echoed+by+khaled+hosseini">"And the Mountains Echoed"</a> by Khaled Hosseini 5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Wears-Prada-Devil-Returns/dp/1439136637/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798712&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=revenge+wears+prada+the+devil+returns">"Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns"</a> by Lauren Weisberger 6. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Until-End-Time-Danielle-Steel/dp/0345530888/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798748&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=until+the+end+of+time+danielle+steel">"Until the End of Time: A Novel"</a> by Danielle Steel 7. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798780&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=fifty+shades+of+grey">"Fifty Shades of Grey"</a> by E. L. James 8. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wanted-bonus-short-story-Deep/dp/0440246318/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798809&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=a+wanted+man+a+jack+reacher+novel">"A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel"</a> by Lee Child 9. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Freed-Three-Trilogy/dp/0345803507/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798870&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=fifty+shades+freed">"Fifty Shades Freed"</a> by E L James 10. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sins-Mother-Novel-Danielle-Steel/dp/0440245230/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798907&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+sins+of+the+mother+by+danielle+steel">"The Sins of the Mother: A Novel"</a> by Danielle Steel
Adult Nonfiction 1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Women-Work-Will-Lead/dp/0385349947/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798962&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=lean+in+sheryl+sandberg">"Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead"</a> by Sheryl Sandberg 2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Explore-Diabetes-David-Sedaris/dp/0316154695/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389798998&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=let%27s+explore+diabetes+with+owls">"Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls"</a> by David Sedaris 3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beloved-World-Vintage-Sonia-Sotomayor/dp/034580483X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389799021&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=my+beloved+world+by+sonia+sotomayor">"My Beloved World"</a> by Sonia Sotomayor 4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389799061&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=steve+jobs+walter+isaacson">"Steve Jobs"</a> by Walter Isaacson 5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/081298160X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389799097&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+power+of+habit+why+we+do+what+we+do+in+life+and+business">"The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business"</a> by Charles Duhigg 6. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389799142&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=thinking+fast+and+slow+daniel+kahneman">"Thinking, Fast and Slow"</a> by Daniel Kahneman 7. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked/dp/1400069807/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389799195&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=salt+sugar+fat+how+the+food+giants+hooked+us">"Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us"</a> by Michael Moss 8. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/NBC-Universal-Bossypants-Paperback-Book/dp/B007I0OY02/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389799265&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=bossypants">"Bossypants"</a> by Tina Fey 9. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Proof-Heaven-Neurosurgeons-Journey-Afterlife/dp/1451695195/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389799368&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=proof+of+heaven+a+neurosurgeon%27s+near-death+experience+and+journey+into+the+afterlife">"Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife"</a> by Eben Alexander, M.D. 10. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Found-Pacific-Crest-Vintage/dp/0307476073/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389799425&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=wild+cheryl+strayed">"Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail"</a> by Cheryl Strayed

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">ShutterstockMore women are dreaming of traveling solo.</div></div></div>When you hear about how women use Pinterest, <a href="http://www.techinsider.io/planning-a-wedding-on-pinterest-people-2015-7">wedding planning</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/best-way-to-use-pinterest-2015-5">style inspiration</a> likely come to mind.But there's also a huge new trend percolating on the platform that focuses mainly on fantasies of independence and living freely: female solo travel.Travel inspiration has always been big on the platform, but the focus on traveling alone is recent. "Since Spring 2015, we've seen a marked increase in women Pinning solo travel ideas," Christine Shirmer, consumer communications at Pinterest, told Tech Insider. "Pinners of all ages tell us this is less about self discovery and more about simply not wanting to compromise on where and when they want to travel."It's unclear how many women have actually been inspired to take the plunge and travel alone thanks to Pinterest, but they're certainly dreaming about it. There's been a rise in Pinning the topic of over 350% since 2014, according to Pinterest, with the biggest surge starting in April of this year. A spokesperson also said that it's much more popular with users in the 18-34 range than the 35-55 range.Some of the most popular destinations are Spain, Chile, Italy, and Scotland, where the women in the Pinterest boards wander down colorful, winding streets, savor gelato, or gaze at the ruins of old castles.Channeling the best-selling solo travel memoirists Cheryl Strayed and Elizabeth Gilbert, "wander women" post photos that show them with their arms spread wide, taking in the saturated scenery around them, and looking incredibly free. With their on-trend backpacks slung over their shoulders, they pose with locals, don't bother with makeup, and ride elephants. The photos make travel seem like a boundless, epic adventure.<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/166211042473633326/">Commenters</a> <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/87186942758439416/">gush</a>, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/103512491409772750/">saying things like</a>, "Wow! How inspiring!" and "Awesome!" <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">PinterestPinterest has seen a staggering 350% increase in women Pinning solo travel ideas.</div></div></div>When I reached out to blogger Kristin Addis of <a href="http://www.bemytravelmuse.com/">Be My Travel Muse</a>, she wasn't surprised at all by the increase in women dreaming about traveling by themselves."Women are more empowered, educated, and independent as a whole than they ever have been before and the world is only becoming more and more connected," Addis, who has been traveling around the world by herself nonstop since 2012, told Tech Insider.She said the best part about traveling alone is having the freedom to explore and get immersed in another culture. So it's not hard to imagine why women would fantasize about this online just as much as they dream about other aspects of their future.And now, scores of female travel bloggers like Addis make a living writing about their trips and disseminating their advice through Pinterest - similar to the men who made careers out of writing about their travels for decades, even centuries. Addis is no different from the Jack Kerouacs and Bruce Chatwins who came before her. Those men's readers also lived vicariously through written travel tales."I genuinely don't see a huge difference between women and males traveling solo," Addis said. <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS/StringerA woman celebrates after winning a turban tying competition as part of the celebrations of Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, in Jaipur, the capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan.</div></div></div>Of course, the rosy image presented by Pinterest's stunning travel photos and chipper advice posts sometimes obscures the messier aspects of international travel. Traveling costs money. It also takes time. And sometimes, it can be dangerous.It's impossible to discuss women traveling by themselves without talking about the dangers. Global news coverage frequently highlights these <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/world/americas/3-convicted-of-raping-us-student-on-rio-transit-van.html">sexual assaults</a>, <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/20-year-old-Japanese-woman-tourist-raped-in-Jaipur/articleshow/46172697.cms">gang rapes,</a> and even <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/nyregion/suspect-says-fatal-encounter-with-sarai-sierra-began-with-rebuffed-kiss.html?_r=0">murders.</a>And there can be an added layer of danger for women of color. <a href="http://photos.state.gov/libraries/greece/38517/uscitizens/sec_message_greece.pdf">In 2012</a>, the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece, released an advisory, <a href="https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17126">still in effect</a>, that warned there was a rise in harassment and attacks against American tourists of color.<a href="http://www.nadinecduncan.com/">Nadine Duncan</a>, who wrote the book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Traveling-Black-Woman-International/dp/0692403566">Diary of a Traveling Black Woman: A Guide to International Travel</a>," told Tech Insider that she believes she gets more attention while traveling than a white female tourist would. For example, locals in certain areas will ask her to pose for photos with them for no apparent reason beyond her looks."As a Black woman, par<keyword id="72550" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="TI">ti</keyword>cularly one with [dreadlocks], I definitely stand out," she told TI. "It seems that most countries expect white tourists, so the 'fascination' may not be as strong [for white tourists]."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Courtesy of Nadine DuncanNadine Duncan, author of "Diary of a Traveling Black Woman: A Guide to International Travel."</div></div></div>Pinterest does provide tips for travelers who want to stay safe."Some of the concerns are different and important to discuss, such as dress code and women's legal rights, but otherwise I'd say the same to both sexes: look around, stay aware, don't get too intoxicated, and think twice about going out alone at night," blogger Addis said.Travel boards are filled with meme-ified and aesthetically pleasing lists that explain how to be cautious while traveling. Whether they're <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/46-incredibly-useful-safety-tips-for-women-traveling-alone?utm_term=.au8LG607W">sourced from BuzzFeed</a> or <a href="http://www.ytravelblog.com/female-solo-travel-tips/">travel blogs</a>, there are plenty of Pins about "safety tips for women" and "female solo travel tips," such as <a href="http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2013-10-05/womens-travel-safety-tips-poll-results-advice-where-to-stay-what-to-bring?s_cid=social23505464">wearing a fake wedding ring</a>, <a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-safety-hacks-every-woman-who-travels-alone-should-know.html">checking in with friends and family</a>, and <a href="http://www.ytravelblog.com/female-solo-travel-tips/">trusting your intuition</a>. <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">PinterestSome of the most popular Pins for women traveling alone are about safety tips.</div></div></div> In addition to the safety tips, Pinterest users will find even more specific travel instructions. There's a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/72690981462257492/">female solo travel guide to the Yucatan Peninsula</a>, for instance; a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/154177987219642581/">list of tips and disclaimers</a> for women who are thinking of couch-surfing; and a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/87186942762647904/">beginner's guide of sorts</a> for women traveling alone for the first time; and even <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/58828338857232371/">a list of the best careers</a> for people who want to travel full-time.Of course, it's impossible to tell how many of the users Pinning this advice are actually going to take the plunge and travel alone to another country. But then, the fantasy of getting away from it all for a week or two can be just as fulfilling as the reality.Christy Woodrow, a female blogger who quit her job in 2009 to travel the world and writes the blog <a href="http://ordinarytraveler.com/">Ordinary Traveler</a>, often <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=ordinary%20traveler">pins her own tips and tricks</a> for other travelers."I think with the amount of travelers online - writing travel blogs and sharing their lives on social media - it's easier for women to see other women traveling solo and learning from them," Woodrow said. "In the past, many women would wait until they have someone else to travel with. That's not the case anymore."So as women grow more and more confident when it comes to traveling alone, Pinterest and the blogging community are there to tell them exactly how to do it.But one thing's for sure: Pinning blog posts and photos about solo travel is way more popular than actually buying a plane ticket. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-government-secret-airline-janet-2015-7">There is a secret US government airline that flies out of commercial airports </a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="5uYWc3djp_WwFcNEae4eW__Ya2XMybSQ" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image">Getty Images</div></div>In what has become a Thanksgiving tradition for the First Family, President <keyword id="16284" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Obama">Obama</keyword> took Sasha and Malia book shopping this weekend to promote <keyword id="1961545" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Small-Business-Saturday">Small Business Saturday</keyword>, a day <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/11/27/small.business.saturday/">created by American Express in 2010</a> to help boost mom-and-pop stores that can't compete with big box stores on Black Friday or online retail giants on Cyber Monday.
The Obamas have shown support for the initiative over the years by patronizing local bookstores in and around D.C. and encouraging others to do the same.
This year the Obamas chose <a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/">Politics &amp; Prose</a>, a tiny independent bookstore in Northwest DC, for their book-buying spree. The <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/30/obama-politics-prose-bookstore_n_4364736.html">Huffington Post reports</a> that Politics &amp; Prose was also where First Lady Michelle Obama signed copies of her book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/American-Grown-Kitchen-Gardens-America/dp/0307956024">American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America"</a> in May 2013. Other bookstores that have received a presidential visit in the past include Kramer Books in Dupont Circle and One More Page Books in Arlington, VA.
The trip was well-documented on the White House twitter account, which included a tweet written by Obama himself encouraging Americans to join him in supporting their local stores:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
When our small businesses do well, our communities do well. Join me and visit a small business near you today to celebrate <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SmallBizSat&amp;src=hash">#SmallBizSat</a>. -bo
- The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/statuses/406811392876871680">November 30, 2013</a></blockquote>

According to <a href="http://about.americanexpress.com/news/pr/2012/small-business-saturday-exceeded-expectations.aspx">American Express</a>, Americans spent $5.5 billion at independent businesses in 2012.
The Obamas spent about half an hour at Politics &amp; Prose, browsing bookshelves and chatting with camera-phone wielding customers before eventually buying 21 titles, Reuters <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-daughters-big-books-small-business-saturday-204322258--sector.html">reports</a>. "It's a long list," Obama told reporters while paying. He didn't note which books would be given as gifts this season and which the Obamas would keep for themselves, only stating, "I've got books for every age group, from 5 to 52."
<h3>Here are the books that made it into the Obamas' shopping cart.</h3>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Lowland-Jhumpa-Lahiri/dp/0307265749/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386019995&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+lowland">The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri</a>: Never one to disappoint, Lahiri has delivered another extraordinary tale of brotherhood, culture, and revolution in her latest novel, 'The Lowland." The story begins in 1960s Calcutta but soon transcends decades and continents as a brotherly bond is tested by a social revolution shaking India and the promises of a better life in America. The San Francisco Chronicle calls Lahiri "one of our most beautiful chroniclers of the aching disjunctions of emigration and family."
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flora-Ulysses-The-Illuminated-Adventures/dp/076366040X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024712&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=flora+and+ulysses">Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo</a>: From #1 best-selling New York Times author DiCamillo comes a superhero, laugh-out-loud story about self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, a squirrel, and a vacuum cleaner. The novel is interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, making it a guaranteed hit with readers ages 8-12.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Red-Sparrow-Novel-Jason-Matthews/dp/1476706123/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386022379&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=red+sparrow">Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews</a>: Veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews spins a tale of post-Cold War espionage, seduction, and cyberwarfare in this explosive John le Carré-style spy novel about a beautiful Russian intelligence officer assigned to operate against a young CIA agent.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lulu-Brontosaurus-Judith-Viorst/dp/1416999620/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024832&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lulu+and+the+brontosaurus">Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst and Lane Smith</a>: Viorst and Smith deliver a lighthearted chapter book about a spoiled young lady who wants a brontosaurus for her birthday. Rebuffed by her parents, she marches off into the forest to find her pet, but soon discovers the error of her ways when the brontosaurus she meets wants to make a pet out of her.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ragtime-Novel-Modern-Library-Novels/dp/0812978188/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023205&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ragtime+e.l.">Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow</a>: Written in 1975 and added to TIME's list of 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century in 1988, "Ragtime" is an American classic that has been adapted into a movie and a highly successful Broadway show. Set at the turn of the 20th century, "Ragtime" employs fictionalized and historical characters to capture the racist, classist, romantic and wildly disruptive spirit of the American 'melting pot.'
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Aaron-Becker/dp/0763660531/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023227&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=journey+aaron+becker">Journey by Aaron Becker</a>: Author-illustrator Becker pays homage to the great "Harold and the Purple Crayon' (also on this list) in his wordless story about a lonely girl who uses a red marker to draw her way into a magical adventure. Beckers' finely detailed pen-and-ink line drawings are combined with luminous washes of watercolor that will captivate the attention of even the most fidgety preschooler.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Buddha-Attic-Julie-Otsuka/dp/0307744426/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023279&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=buddha+in+the+attic">The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka</a>: Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction, 'The Buddha in the Attic' tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" in the early 1900s. The New York Times Book Review calls Otsuka's "incantatory style" "close to poetry" as she gives voice to the lonely, confusing, and at times terrifying experiences of thousands of Japanese women.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harold-Purple-Crayon-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0064430227/ref=wp_bs_1_B00CJDHNJC_paperback">Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson</a>: Harold and his magical purple crayon have been delighting preschoolers since 1955 (and inspiring doodling on walls for just as long). The curious 4-year-old protagonist draws his surroundings to fit his whimsy in the ultimate expression of childhood imagination.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Constellation-Vital-Phenomena-Novel/dp/0770436404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023699&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=a+constellation+of+vital+phenomena">A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra</a>: In this 400-page novel of love and courage set in wartime Chechnya, two doctors risk everything to save a child being hunted by the same people who murdered her family. Marra's narrative moves fluidly between past and present to contextualize the little girl's ordeal within Chechnya's long history of devastating civil wars.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sports-Gene-Extraordinary-Performance/dp/1591845114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024055&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+sports+gene">The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein</a>: Sports Illustrated senior writer David Epstein wades into the burgeoning science of training regimens and genetic sequencing to determine whether the Serena Williams and Usain Bolts of the world are products of their environments or their DNA. Epstein doesn't shy away from controversy and instead explores the research behind gender and racial stereotypes in sports, producing a fascinating and thought-provoking look at why top athletes excel.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Collision-Low-Crossers-Turbulent-Football/dp/0316196797/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024076&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=collision+low+crossers">Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football by Nicholas Dawidoff</a>: Dawidoff spends a year with the New York Jets and delivers an intelligent and original inside-look at a sport that has already been covered obsessively from every possible angle. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Powers ("The Killing of Crazy Horse") writes that 'Collision Low Crossers' is "closely and boldly observed, frankly reported, ferociously written with both humor and humanity" and "one of the best books ever written about sports."
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Found-Pacific-Crest-Vintage/dp/0307476073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023871&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=wild+cheryl">Wild by Cheryl Strayed</a>: At age 26, following her mother's death, a divorce, and a string of reckless behavior, Strayed finds herself on the Pacific Crest Trail, alone and determined to rescue herself from her own demons. "Wild" documents Strayed's emotional, grueling, and at times perilous journey through California and Oregon as she grapples with unbelievable loss and attempts to find the strength to keep living.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-That-Is-James-Salter/dp/1400043131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023447&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=all+that+is">All That Is by James Salter</a>: Born in 1925, Salter has won literary awards across the decades for his novels, screenplays, and short stories that Edward Hirsch <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1930/the-art-of-fiction-no-133-james-salter">once described</a> as "wholly distinctive, beautiful and implacable." In his latest work, Salter - who served as an Army Air Force pilot between 1945 and 1957 - uses a WWII naval officer returning home from war as a canvas on which to explore the conflicting and contradictory archetypes of the 1950s American male. It is a story not to be missed. 
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Half-Brother-Kenneth-Oppel/dp/054522926X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024407&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=half+brother+kenneth">Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel</a>: The only child of two eccentric behavioral scientists, 13-year-old Ben is an unhappy kid who soon finds his solitude disrupted when his mother brings home a baby chimpanzee for research. Printz Honor-winning author Oppel presents his readers with tough ethical questions as Ben's brotherly bond with the chimp gets in the way of his parents' experiments.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Samurai-Margi-Preus/dp/1419702009/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024669&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=heart+of+samurai">Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus</a>: Preus' first novel for young readers hit it out of the park, becoming a 2011 Newbery Honor Book, an ALSC Notable Book and a recipient of the Asian Pacific American Award for Children's Literature. "Heart of a Samurai" tells the true story of a 14-year-old Japanese boy, Manjiro, who is rescued by Americans when his fishing boat sinks in 1841 and taken to America. The captivating and heartwarming story is illustrated with Manjiro's own pencil drawings in addition to other archival material.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-%C3%81ntonia-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486282406/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024686&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=my+antonia">My Ántonia by Willa Cather</a>: Cather achieved a well-deserved place in literary history for her 'prairie trilogy,' of which "My Ántonia" (1918) is the last (and best). The trilogy, which includes "O Pioneers!" and "The Song of the Lark," brought the American West to life and promoted regional American stories as a valid part of mainstream literature.
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<li>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Ballad-Sad-Cafe-Stories/dp/0618565868/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386022318&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ballad+of+the+sad+cafe">The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers</a>: This collection of short stories assembles McCullers' best work into a charming and at times haunting novella that includes "Wunderkind," an autobiographical piece published in 1936 when McCullers was just 17.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jinx-Sage-Blackwood/dp/0062129902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024799&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=jinx+sage">Jinx by Sage Blackwood</a>: The first in a fantasy series geared toward middle schoolers, "Jinx" tells the familiar tale of an abandoned but highly gifted orphan who must make his way through a magical forest in search of a counterspell for his wizard friend. Booklist calls it a "literary cut above Eoin Colfer's 'Artemis Fowl'" with the same fast-paced action and comedic hijinks.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kite-Runner-Khaled-Hosseini-ebook/dp/B000OCXGZA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386023142&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=kite+runner">The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini</a>: Hosseini's unforgettable literary debut in 2004 introduced Americans to a complicated, beautiful, and entirely human side of Afghanistan at a time when the hunt for Bin Laden was all anyone knew about that distant and mountainous land. Hosseini's tragic and yet wonderfully humorous story of a doomed friendship between two boys of different social classes has become an instant classic and permanent addition to every "must-read" list. 
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ottoline-Yellow-Cat-Chris-Riddell/dp/0061448818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386024881&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ottoline+and+the+yellow+cat">Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell</a>: Young Ottoline, who lives in an elaborate apartment in Big City with her best friend and guardian Mr. Monroe, is a feisty mix of Eloise and Nancy Drew, solving mysteries by day and wishing her parents would come home from their travels by night. Riddell uses red to accent otherwise black and white illustrations, and the text-to-picture ratio is perfect for especially reluctant readers.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moonday-Adam-Rex/dp/1423119207/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1386038080&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=moonday">Moonday by Adam Rex</a>: One night the Moon lowers itself into a family's backyard and the little girl finds a way to return the moon to its place in the sky. Rex pens a beautiful, quiet ode to the magic of nighttime in this picture book lullaby.
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