Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs

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Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it T...

Danny Evans

In his early thirties, Danny Evans had a smokin' hot wife, a new baby boy, and the highest paying job he'd ever had. Then, in the span of one week, a sudden layoff and the events of 9/11 plunged Evans into a crushing depression. At tu...

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Published: Aug 2009

Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoi...

Gail Caldwell

"It's an old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too." So begins this gorgeous memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Gail Caldwell, a testament to the power of friendship,...

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Published: Aug 2011

Half a Life: A Memoir

Darin Strauss

Half my life ago, I killed a girl. In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss recounts a tragedy and its aftermath. In his last month of high school, just after turning eighteen, Strauss is behind the whe...

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Published: May 2011

Lust & Wonder: A Memoir

Augusten Burroughs

From the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an intimate look at the driving forces in one man’s life.With Augusten's unique and singular observations and his own unabashed way of detailing both the horrific and the h...

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Published: Mar 2017

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Li...

John Le Carre

"Recounted with the storytelling elan of a master raconteur — by turns dramatic and funny, charming, tart and melancholy." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesThe New York Times bestselling memoir from John le Carre, the...

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Published: Sep 2017

What I Talk About When I Talk About R...

Haruki Murakami

From the bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes an intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect.Equal parts travelogue and literary reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers Haruki Murakami...

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Published: Aug 2009

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and ...

Adrienne Brodeur

"Exquisite and harrowing."--New York Times Book Review "This electrifying, gorgeously written memoir will hold you captive until the last word." --People NAMED A BEST FALL BOOK BYPeople * Refinery29 * Entertain...

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Published: Jun 2020

Cider with Rosie (Nonpareil Book)

Laurie Lee

One of eight children, Laurie Lee was born in 1914, in Slad, Gloucestershire, then a remote corner of England. As his father was absent, the large family five children from his father's first marriage and three from his second one was...

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Published: Apr 2008

Out of Egypt: A Memoir

Andre Aciman

This richly colored memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, Andre Aciman introduces us ...

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Published: Jan 2007

Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at t...

Izabella St James

What happens in the Mansion, doesn't stay in the Mansion! How did I get here? I was raised a nice Catholic girl in Ontario, Canada. I am an only child whose parents lavished their attention and resources on me. I have a Bachelor of Ar...

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Published: Jul 2009

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forge...

Alexandra Fuller

A story of survival and war, love and madness, loyalty and forgiveness, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is an intimate exploration of Fuller's parents and of the price of being possessed by Africa's uncompromising, ferti...

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Published: Jun 2012

This Is Not the Story You Think It Is...

Laura Munson

By the time Laura Munson had turned 40, her life was not how she thought it would turn out. Career success had eluded her; her beloved father was no longer around to be her biggest cheerleader; and her husband wanted out of their marr...

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Published: Apr 2011

The Devil in Pew Number Seven

Rebecca N. Alonzo

Rebecca never felt safe as a child. In 1969, her father, Robert Nichols, moved to Sellerstown, North Carolina, to serve as a pastor. There he found a small community eager to welcome him—with one exception. Glaring at him from pew n...

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Published: Aug 2010

A Chelsea Concerto

Frances Faviell

‘Take off your coat,’ said the doctor. I took it off. ‘And your dress,’ he said. ‘It’s too dangerous – the folds may catch in the debris and bring the whole thing down.’ I took off the dress. ‘Fine,’ he said shortl...

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Published: Oct 2016

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir

Michele Harper

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA New York Times Notable BookLOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK“Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring.” —The New York Times Book ReviewAs seen/heard on Fresh Air, Th...

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Published: Jul 2021

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicil...

Tembi Locke

This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is "a captivating story of love lost and found" (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food,...

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Published: Feb 2020

Denali: A Man, a Dog, and the Friends...

Ben Moon

The story of a dog, his human, and the friendship that saved both of their lives.When Ben Moon moved from the Midwest to Oregon, he hadn't planned on getting a dog. But when he first met the soulful gaze of a rescue pup in a shelter, ...

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Published: Jan 2020

Winded: A Memoir in Four Stages

Dawn Newton

When Dawn Newton, an adjunct professor and mother of three, gets a terminal lung cancer diagnosis, the path forward appears rutted. The Great Recession has left her exhausted and juggling multiple jobs. Then she learns of her cancer's...

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Published: Oct 2019

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes w...

Maggie O'Farrell

On seventeen occasions, Maggie O'Farrell has stared death in the face—and lived to tell the tale. In this astonishing memoir, she shares the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life: The childhood illness tha...

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Published: Jan 2019

Mornings with Mailer: A Recollection ...

Dwayne Raymond

In the spring of 2003 when Norman Mailer was 80 years old, he invited an improbable companion into his life: Dwayne Raymond, 40 years his junior, originally from a small town in Oregon, and now a waiter at a restaurant in Provincetown...

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Published: Feb 2010

Beautiful Boy (Movie Tie-In Edition):...

David Sheff

#1 New York Times bestseller  With a new afterwordNow a Major Motion Picture Starring Steve Carell * Timothée Chalamet * Maura Tierney * and Amy Ryan “A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful mo...

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Published: Sep 2018

Little Failure: A Memoir

Gary Shteyngart

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "SO FAR" BY TIME AND THE WASHINGTON POST • NAMED ONE OF KIRKUS REVIEWS' "NEW BOOKS DESTINED TO BECOME CLASSICS" • SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEAR'...

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Published: Oct 2014

Boys in the Trees: A Memoir

Carly Simon

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year!"Intelligent and captivating. Don't miss it." - People Magazine"One of the best celebrity memoirs of the year." -The Hollywood ReporterRock Star. Comp...

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Published: Nov 2016

Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons...

Adriana Trigiani

"No one ever reads just one of Trigiani's wonderfully quirky tales. Once you pick up the first, you are hooked." —BookPageNew York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani shares a treasure trove of insight and guidance f...

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Published: Oct 2011

Waitress: a memoir

Angel Woolery

Thirty years of hefting trays full of food, warming the muffins of strangers and dealing with cranky customers has brought this waitress to the edge. From ice machine shenanigans to children running amok, you'll experience the restaur...

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Published: Apr 2015

Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife an...

Jean Sasson

A true story that few ever believed would come to light, GROWING UP BIN LADEN uncovers startling revelations and hidden secrets carefully guarded by the most wanted terrorist of our lifetime, Osama bin Laden. "I was not always th...

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Published: Dec 2010

A Long Way Home

Saroo Brierley

As a little boy in India, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, from Australia, he found his way back. This is what happened in between.Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand-to-mouth in a one room hu...

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Published: Jun 2015

Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mex...

Rose Castillo Guilbault

In this memoir, Guilbault invites us into her girlhood, revealing what it was like to grow up as a Mexican immigrant in a farming community during the turbulent 1960s. With openness, courage, and charm, she recalls her early struggles...

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Published: May 2006

All Things Bright and Beautiful (All ...

James Herriot

The second volume in the multimillion copy bestselling seriesMillions of readers have delighted in the wonderful storytelling and everyday miracles of James Herriot in the over thirty years since his delightful animal stories were fir...

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Published: Sep 2014

Vacationland: True Stories from Painf...

John Hodgman

"I love everything about this hilarious book except the font size." —Jon StewartAlthough his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that ...

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Published: May 2018
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