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Biography and Memoir June 2017
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Two and two : McSorley's, my dad, and me
by Rafe Bartholomew
The author, whose father has been a bartender at one of New York’s oldest continually-operating bars for 40 years, describes what it was like growing up there, doing odd jobs and chores for the staff and collecting stories.
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Harlem to Hollywood
by Billy Vera
Chronicles the life and career of the singer, songwriter, and music historian, from his childhood with his famous family to his early success as a staff songwriter and his resurgence as a band leader in the 1970s and 1980s
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The hue and cry at our house : a year remembered
by Benjamin Taylor
The author describes growing up in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1950s and 1960s and discusses in detail what it was like learning about President Kennedy’s assassination and the impact it had on his friends, family and the entire community. Original.
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Dinner with DiMaggio : memories of an American hero
by Rock G Positano
A portrait of the iconic Yankee star by his doctor and friend describes how they supported one another throughout DiMaggio's final years, in an account that discusses such topics as DiMaggio's career-ending injuries and his relationships with first wife Dorothy Arnold and Marilyn Monroe.
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My soul looks back : a memoir
by Jessica B Harris
The award-winning writer describes what it was like growing up and hanging out with other members of the Black Intelligentsia in 1970s New York City, including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison and their ongoing friendships.
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Driving Miss Norma : one family's journey saying "yes" to living
by Tim Bauerschmidt
A full-length memoir based on the popular Facebook page of the same name chronicles the remarkable cross-country journey of the effervescent 90-year-old Miss Norma, who in the face of terminal illness embarked on a transformative road trip with her son, daughter-in-law and giant poodle. 50,000 first printing.
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| The Outrun by Amy LiptrotAfter a decade of desolate work weeks and long-lasting hangovers in London, author Amy Liptrot, a native of the Orkney Islands off Scotland's coast, completes addiction rehab and returns to the severe landscape of her childhood. In this lyrical memoir, she describes finding peace in a place where the winds are so strong that they can move tons of rock. Fans of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea will be enthralled. |
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| Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani ShapiroHourglass presents a thoughtful, intimate consideration of novelist Dani Shapiro's marriage. Having grown tired of making up stories, she looks for truth in the minutiae of her life: her husband's new rifle; the clutter and dilapidation of their house; the diary (which she had completely forgotten) from their honeymoon. Drawing the reader irresistibly into her world, she reveals the universality of individual experience. |
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| Born Both: An Intersex Life by Hida ViloriaIn Born Both, author Hida Viloria provides an up-close account of he/r life as an intersex person and a chronicle of he/r activism. Although s/he was raised as a girl, s/he learned at age 20 that he/r genitalia were not typically female, eventually discovering the intersex community. This courageous memoir offers affirmation for intersex people and their friends and family, as well as information for intersex advocates. |
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They Left Their Homelands
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| The Perfect Gentleman: A Muslim Boy Meets the West by Imran AhmadFrom an early age, Pakistani immigrant Imran Ahmad had to struggle to fit in to English culture. In The Perfect Gentleman, Ahmad chronicles his family's immigration, his coming of age, and his eventual success in international business consulting. His low-key, self-deprecating humor provides a light tone as he discusses serious matters, making this a charming as well as enlightening account of cultural accommodation. |
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| Young Eliot: From St. Louis to The Waste Land by Robert CrawfordDrawing on recently available resources, author Robert Crawford paints a complex portrait of poet T.S. Eliot from his St. Louis childhood through his emigration to England and the publication of his 1922 poem, "The Waste Land." Young Eliot also depicts influences on the poet's development, his collaboration with Ezra Pound, and his disastrous marriage to Vivien Haigh-Wood. This 1st of a planned two volumes is sure to please aficionados of 20th-century poetry. |
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| The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna GrandeIn The Distance Between Us, award-winning novelist Reyna Grande chronicles her childhood in Mexico and eventual emigration to the U.S. Becoming the first person in her family to graduate from college, Grande achieved success that's light-years away from the deprivation and abandonment that characterized her early years. Her memoir brings to life her traumas and triumphs, recapitulating themes from her novels, Across a Hundred Mountains and Dancing with Butterflies. |
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| Love, Loss, and What We Ate by Padma LakshmiBest-known for her work as a judge on television's Top Chef, Padma Lakshmi, originally from Madras, India, portrays her sense of taste as an aspect of navigating a complex world. While on camera, she's a woman of few words, but this candid memoir includes details of her marriage to (and divorce from) Salman Rushdie, her love affair with billionaire Teddy Forstmann, her health struggles, and her joy in her daughter. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Harford County Public Library 1221-A Brass Mill Rd Belcamp, Maryland 21017 410-273-5600hcplonline.org |
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