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What I found most interesting about this book was how human the narrator feels in a world that seems to have lost all traces of humanity.

The story follows a girl who grows up imprisoned in an underground bunker with thirty-eight other women, knowing almost nothing about the world beyond its walls. When they finally find themselves free, they must learn to survive in a deserted, unfamiliar world that offers more questions than answers.

I loved experiencing this journey through the mind of someone who has to discover life, relationships, womanhood, and even herself without anyone really teaching her how to. There is something fascinating about watching her understand things that we often take for granted, simply because she has never known them.

“I cannot mourn for what I have not known.”

But what stayed with me the most was the ending. Her desire to leave her story behind, hoping that someone might one day discover it and know that she existed, felt like one of the most human things in the book. Even after a lifetime of isolation, she still wants to be known, to leave something behind, to have someone listen to her story.

And the cruel irony of her dying from a diseased womb, despite never having had periods or known men, makes her story even more heartbreaking. She spends her life discovering what it means to be human and a woman, only to die from a part of herself she has never truly understood.

“I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too had loved, that I was capable of suffering, and that I was human after all.”

I finished this book feeling good, yet unsure of what exactly I felt. Perhaps that is what makes it so memorable. It leaves you sitting with questions about loneliness, existence, and our need to be understood, even when there is no guarantee that anyone will ever listen.

Maybe being human is, in part, wanting someone to know our story, even after we are gone.

Rating: 5 / 5
Name: I who have never known men
Author: Jacqueline Harpman

#jacquelineharpman #vintagebooks #dystopian #scifific #postacolyptical

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Currently reading: I Who Have Never Known Men by
Jacqueline Harpman.

I am so intrigued by this book. Can’t wait to dive in.
A quote from the book that tickled my brain:
“Being beautiful, was that for men?’
‘Yes. Some women say that it is for ourselves. What on earth can we do with it? I could have loved myself whether I was hunchbacked or lame, but to be loved by others, you had to be beautiful.” - Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

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O voto não termina na urna. Ele faz parte de um movimento coletivo: ajuda a decidir quais vozes serão ouvidas, quais direitos serão defendidos e quais projetos de sociedade terão espaço para existir.

Por isso, antes de escolher, leia. Questione. Compare. Converse. Procure saber quem são as pessoas que querem representar você e quais ideias, interesses e projetos elas defendem.

E foi pensando justamente nessa construção coletiva que reunimos algumas leituras que podem ampliar esse olhar. Livros que nos convidam a conhecer outras perspectivas, questionar estruturas e pensar sobre gênero, raça, classe, poder e desigualdade. Leituras que nos lembram que imaginar outros futuros também é uma forma de participar da construção deles.

Porque nenhuma transformação acontece sozinha. A mudança que queremos ver no mundo também se constrói quando compartilhamos conhecimento, escutamos outras experiências e entendemos que nossas escolhas estão conectadas às escolhas de tantas outras pessoas.

seu voto importa. sua voz importa. e, juntas, nossas escolhas também constroem o futuro. 🗳️🌊

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Add these to your October TBR🍂♥️
#bookstagram #books #octobertbr #fallreads🍂 #reader

Fall,autmn, books to read, bookstagram, book recommendations, tbr, october tbr, fall tbr, autmn reads, reader, booktok, book lovers, tuesdays with morrie, white night, classic, poetry, pablo neruda,i who have never known men, fyodor dostoyevsky, mitch albom, jacqueline harpman,diane chamberlain, reflection, love poems

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Entre el «chao pescao», el «bulo del culo» y demás joyitas del vocabulario político español… yo solo puedo pensar una cosa:

menos frases de patio de colegio y más libros.

Porque algunos temas merecen bastante más que un titular, un meme y cuatro palabras juntas.

¿Con qué frase política haríais vosotros un libro? 👀

#libros #literatura #ayuso #recomendacionesliterarias #maricarmen

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🙏Thank you to everyone who participated in this survey! I asked 500,000+ readers to name a book that everyone should read at least once in their lifetime.

❓What do you think of the results? Did your vote make the list? What book would you add to this list? Share in the comments below!

💬Want this list, including parts 1-3, sent directly to your DMs? Reply LIST and I’ll send it right over!

📚Books Everyone Should Read 📚
✨Fiction✨
📘THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett
☕NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
📘I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MAN by Jacqueline Harpman
☕THE MEASURE by Nikki Erlick
📘PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
☕REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier
📘THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruis Zafon
☕STILL LIFE by Sarah Winman
📘THE THORN BIRDS by Colleen McCullough
☕SARAH’S KEYS by Tatiana de Rosnay
📘THE GREAT GATSBY F. Scott Fitzgerald
☕THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Mitchel
📘I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb
☕THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF SAM HELL by Robert Dugoni
📘THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
☕THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho
📘SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult

✨Nonfiction✨
🌍DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL by Anne Frank
💡THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt
🌍MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankel

Books everyone should read, Books to read in your lifetime, Books everyone should read once, Best books of all time, Books that stay with you, Unforgettable books, Life-changing books, Books worth reading, Must-read books, Best fiction books, Book recommendations, Five-star books, Books that make you think, What to read next, Goodreads book recommendations

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📖 Eu que nunca conheci os homens — Jacqueline Harpman

Tem livros que terminam e deixam respostas.
Esse aqui termina e deixa perguntas.

E, estranhamente, foi justamente isso que fez essa história ficar na minha cabeça.

Eu passei a leitura inteira querendo entender o que estava acontecendo, esperando alguma explicação, alguma resposta que finalmente amarrasse tudo… mas ela nunca veio. E quanto mais eu queria entender, mais eu percebia que talvez o livro nunca tivesse a intenção de explicar.

É uma história triste, estranha e, em muitos momentos, angustiante. Não espere um final feliz ou respostas para tudo.

Mas talvez seja justamente aí que esteja a beleza desse livro: algumas coisas simplesmente ficam sem explicação.

Eu terminei sem entender tudo, mas completamente envolvida pela história. E, sinceramente? Apenas leiam. 🤎

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Obs: na verdade o livro foi publicado em 1995.

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Eu que nunca conheci os homens
Autora: Jacqueline Harpman
Editora: Dublinense
Nota: 4,5⭐️

Esta história é narrada por uma personagem inominada, conhecida apenas como “A Criança”. Ao lado de outras 39 mulheres, ela vive aprisionada em um bunker subterrâneo, sob a vigilância constante e implacável de guardas absolutamente silenciosos.

Capturada em sua infância, a criança não guarda memórias do mundo lá fora. Para ela, a vida se resume às paredes do bunker. Suas únicas janelas para o passado são as outras mulheres com quem convive que, agarradas a recortes de suas próprias lembranças, esforçam-se para transmitir o conhecimento e a história que o confinamento tenta apagar.

Elas não sabem porque foram levadas para lá, o que fazem ali ou há quanto tempo estão confinadas. O único contato que possuem são os guardas anônimos. Sempre armados com chicotes, eles usam a violência para coibir e punir imediatamente qualquer deslize das prisioneiras.

Quando finalmente conseguem escapar, o mundo exterior choca as prisioneiras com sua imensidão desconhecida. Ao cruzarem os limites do bunker, a criança e as mulheres deparam-se com um mundo completamente incompreensível, sentindo-se estrangeiras em um planeta hostil. Diante da brutalidade de um ambiente desconhecido, a sobrevivência torna-se uma luta diária e acaba por despertar um pensamento amargo: o bunker tinha tudo o que elas precisavam para viver.

Este impactante romance distópico estrutura-se em três atos: o confinamento, a fuga e as consequências da liberdade. A trama gira ao redor de quarenta mulheres aprisionadas em um bunker subterrâneo profundo, imersas em uma atmosfera misteriosa. Sob a perspectiva de uma criança inominada, a narrativa avança guiada por suas inocentes perguntas. Sem memórias do mundo exterior, a protagonista começa a decifrar a complexidade do ser humano, experimentando um leque de sentimentos que vai da alegria ao luto, do desejo ao esgotamento. Mesmo não sendo uma leitora assídua do gênero, a premissa me intrigou profundamente. A escrita provoca reflexões existenciais profundas e belíssimas. O final avassalador, totalmente fora dos padrões, que me surpreendeu por completo.

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Afternoon whimsy!📚

How September book haul from @bahrisons_booksellers @bahrisons_chandigarh looked!

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Terminei o livro. As perguntas, não.

Quarenta mulheres presas num porão, vigiadas por homens que nunca falam com elas. Um dia a sirene toca, os guardas somem, as portas se abrem. Elas estão livres, mas livres pra quê, e onde?

O livro não te dá respostas fáceis, e é exatamente por isso que funciona. Jacqueline Harpman fala de liberdade, solidão e identidade através dos olhos de quem nunca conheceu nada além daquele porão. E a última frase do livro? Devastadora.

Quatro estrelas. Uma distopia que continua acontecendo na sua cabeça bem depois de fechar o livro.

Você já leu? Comenta aqui o que achou, quero saber.

#entrelinhas #euquenuncaconheciosjomens #jacquelineharpman #livros #bookstagram

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August had me in my reader era. 📚

5 books in the first 7 months → 3 in August.
Character development, I suppose😬

At this rate, 20 books this year is suddenly looking less delusional.

#caffeinatedreads

@pages_and_pours_surat chose absolutely amazing book for the month.

Now I’m supposed to go on with my life knowing I may never get the answers???

Anyway. Read it. Let’s suffer together.

96 pages. That’s it.

It’s short, emotional, and absolutely worth the read.

Go read it. You’ll thank me later. 🤍

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August’s bestsellers, ready for your TBR just in time for National Buy a Book Day tomorrow, September 7.

It’s also Labor Day, but Library Shop Mission Hills is open 10am-6pm for all your guilt-free bookish shopping needs.

Thanks for the inspo, @thebookcatapult! You showed us yours, here’s ours… we love seeing what our neighbors are reading.

📖 Whitechapel Full Moon Society by Elizabeth DeLozier (signed copies available!)

📖 Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones (2026 One Book pick)

📖 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (glurp, glurp)

📖 Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

📖 Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

📖 Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion

📖 My Sister is Going to Kill Me by Nina Simon (hardcover, signed copies in store!)

📖 Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad

📖 Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora

📖 Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

📖 Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

📖 My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

📖 Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

📖 Best Dog in the World by Alice Hoffman

📖 I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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