Atlas of the Human Heart, by Ariel Gore
With gorgeous, honest prose and calls ‘em-like-she-sees-‘em narration, Ariel Gore will have you thinking differently about the nature of "home" and what it means to be a mama.
Gore's memoir takes you from the meticulously mapped grounds of Palo Alto High School to a teenage vagabond life across Asia and Europe, "Traveling around the world, meeting random people that became family in a matter of days" and finally back in the Bay Area, new daughter in tow.
This book is an essential feminist memoir, one that changed so many minds (mine included) about what it means to be a mother and a feminist and still one's true self.
Gore ushers you on a journey following a terrestrial map, mapping her own heart.
Superbly narrated by Liisa Ivary with a great sense Ariel's irony and humor.
--Willow Pennell