My Guru Poornima: What Books Taught Me About Being A Woman

My Guru Poornima: What Books Taught Me About Being A Woman

When asked whether her debut coming-of-age novel Good Girl had anything of her, author Aria Aber was quick to quip “any work of fiction or art is autobiographical. I can give you an example of how I am every character in the book…” As readers, haven’t we too often felt those exact feels. Deeply. That resonance with female characters in books we’ve read -- their being, their angst, their voice, their desperations sometimes -- and then, also their…