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How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
by Terry Ryan
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by Jeannette Walls
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsJeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant.
by Myron Uhlberg
Published Feb 2009
Read ReviewsBy turns heart-tugging and hilarious, Myron Uhlbergs memoir tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parentsand his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it.
by Vikas Swarup
Published Nov 2008
Read ReviewsQ&A - renamed Slumdog Millionaire after the Oscar-winning film based on the book - is a beguiling blend of high comedy, drama, and romance that reveals how we know what we know, not just about trivia, but about life itself.
by Oral Lee Brown, Caille Millner
Published Dec 2007
Read ReviewsThe inspiring story of one woman's extraordinary promise and steely determination to make a difference in the world.
by Julie Powell
Published Sep 2006
Read ReviewsWith the humor of Bridget Jones and the vitality of Augusten Burroughs, Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and saved her soul!
by Haven Kimmel
Published May 2002
Read ReviewsThis witty and lovingly told memoir takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period--people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards.
It was one of the worst speeches I ever heard ... when a simple apology was all that was required.
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