Book reviews and excerpts from exceptional biographies & memoirs
Biography & Memoir
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The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
by Karen Cheung
Hardcover: Feb 2022
A boldly rendered - and deeply intimate - account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises.
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Educated: A Memoir
by Tara Westover
Hardcover: Feb 2018
Paperback: Feb 2022
Winner of the 2018 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award
An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.
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Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History
by Lea Ypi
Hardcover: Jan 2022
Paperback: Jan 2022
A reflection on "freedom" in a dramatic, beautifully written memoir of the end of Communism in the Balkans. Longlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.
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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
by Janice P. Nimura
Hardcover: Jan 2021
Paperback: Jan 2022
Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood.
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Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
by Charles Person, Richard Rooker
Hardcover: Apr 2021
Paperback: Jan 2022
A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward - written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers.
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Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
by Amelia Pang
Hardcover: Feb 2021
Paperback: Jan 2022
In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had been $5 at Kmart, too good a deal to pass up. But when she opened the box, something fell out that she wasn't expecting: an SOS ...
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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (Global Icons Series)
by Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams
Hardcover: Oct 2021
In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, and Douglas Abrams, the internationally bestselling co-author of The Book of Joy, explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and ...
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Flesh & Blood: Reflections on Infertility, Family, and Creating a Bountiful Life: A Memoir
by N. West Moss
Hardcover: Oct 2021
In her wise and witty memoir, N. West Moss discovers how she has been building a fruitful life and legacy - full of curiosity, creativity, and connection - while simultaneously dealing with infertility and illness. This beautifully written book ...
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