Good books for weird women

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The Lake of Dead Languages
1.  The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
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  "Beautifully described and atmospheric mystery set in a girl's boarding school. Unusually, the adult and teenage characters are equally well portrayed."
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Wasted
2.  Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
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  "Simply the best book I have ever read about the process of developing and 'recovering' from an eating disorder."
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The Moth Diaries
3.  The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein
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  "Another school mystery, this time with a supernatural focus."
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Harriet the Spy
4.  Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
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  "My favourite book from childhood which I still re-read today (at the age of 31). Great lead character that those of us who were clever, intense children will relate to."
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The Edible Woman
5.  The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
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  "Novel about the gradual mental disintegration of a woman faced with the future she is expected to have in 1960's America."
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The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)
6.  The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood
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  "Classic feminist piece set in an imagined future where woman are valued purely for their ability to breed."
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Speak Daggers to Her
7.  Speak Daggers to Her by Rosemary Edghill
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  "Murder mystery in which Bast, Wiccan high priestess, investigates the sudden death of her friend."
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Hopscotch and Handbags: The Essential Guide to Being a Girl
8.  Hopscotch and Handbags: The Essential Guide to Being a Girl by Lucy Mangan
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  "Very funny, although I suspect less so if you were one of the popular girls as it is written from the point of view of someone who was more on the margins."
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Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir
9.  Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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  "Vibrant description of living with depression in the years before everyone was on Prozac"
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Girl, Interrupted
10.  Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
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  "Autobiographical novel set in a psychiatric ward in the 1960's. The film is also good."
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