Editors' Picks: What We're Reading This Month

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Imagine your sister has a favorite musician. She plays his albums incessantly and drags you to his concerts. Mark Oliver Everett's (aka E) sister Liz felt that way about Neil Young. Years after Liz killed herself, E's band Eels played Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert. E's recollection of performing at the event, and how much it would have meant to his sister, packs an emotional wallop that left me sobbing (in a

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Photo by: Picador

Imagine your sister has a favorite musician. She plays his albums incessantly and drags you to his concerts. Mark Oliver Everett's (aka E) sister Liz felt that way about Neil Young. Years after Liz killed herself, E's band Eels played Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert. E's recollection of performing at the event, and how much it would have meant to his sister, packs an emotional wallop that left me sobbing (in a good way). Raw moments like this fill this witty, funny memoir that gives praise to the women in his life and embraces every fleeting moment of it. Like Eels' music, the book may sound like a downer but it's truly the opposite.

- Sofia M. Fernandez, Shine Staff

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