This week's theme is Do Ugly People Have Better Relationships, a subject on which there's no shortage of scientific studies. Harvard's most remarkable minds are on the case to figure out why Bennifer will never work while Danny DeVito has been in a committed relationship for 40 years. Then, on to our story: Two ugly folks find Love in the countryside of northern England. Our dowdy damsel, however, soon finds her lackluster Love is a liar! Will the hideousness he's hiding destroy their lives and her reputation, or will our mush-faced maiden find the inner courage to walk away with her dignity intact.
The hot mess heroine? Jane Eyre.
The book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
LET'S GET LIT!
Harvard Study: Do Beautiful People Have Better Relationships?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-games/201704/do-beautiful-people-have-better-relationships.
Essay: The Case for Dating Someone Less Attractive Than You
https://www.thrillist.com/sex-dating/nation/the-beauty-of-dating-ugly-people.
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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
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Small Things like These by Claire Keegan
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
ReLIT: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo
Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
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ReLIT: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
ReLIT: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (Now a miniseries on HULU)
ReLIT: The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey and Michaela Angela Davis
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