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| Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning by Alex HalberstadtWhat it's about: Raised in New York City from the age of nine by his divorced Russian Jewish mother and her parents, journalist Alex Halberstadt returned to his Russian birthplace in his mid-thirties. In Moscow, he visited the father he'd rarely seen and dug into his family's past, and in Ukraine, he met for the first time his 93-year-old grandfather, who'd been one of Stalin's bodyguards.
What sets it apart: thoughts about identity and the inheritance of trauma; a compelling, keen-eyed combination of travelogue, memoir, Soviet history, and journalism. |
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The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir by Roman DialWhat happened: When 27-year-old Cody Dial didn't return home from a solo trip hiking in Costa Rica's Corcovado National Park in 2014, his dad, Alaskan adventurer and biology professor Roman Dial, went to look for him.
Why you should read it: This captivating, fast-paced story provides a poignant look at the choices we make, father-and-son relationships, and dealing with loss.
For fans of: Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild; Carl Hoffman's The Last Wild Men of Borneo.
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| Love that Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me about... by Ron FournierWhat it is: a candid, thoughtful memoir recounting a former White House correspondent's father-son road trips with his history-obsessed 13-year-old, who'd recently been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.
Locations include: the White House; Teddy Roosevelt's former home of Sagamore Hill; Monticello; several presidential libraries.
What sets it apart: research and interviews about parental expectations in general; Fournier's own hard-won parenting insights; long visits with former presidents (Bill Clinton, George W. Bush) and a White House party with Barack and Michelle Obama. |
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| Don't Make Me Pull Over! An Informal History of the Family Road Trip by Richard RatayWhat it is: a funny, nostalgic, and informative history of family road trips in the U.S. set against the backdrop of the author's time in the backseat of the family car in the 1970s.
What's inside: seat belt-free riding, Fuzzbusters, CB radios, and sibling squabbles as well as details on the beginnings of the interstate highway system, Howard Johnson's, Stuckey's, Holiday Inn, Disneyland, quirky roadside attractions, and more. |
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