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Biography and Memoir October 2023 |
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| Everything/Nothing/Someone by Alice CarrièreAlice Carrière recounts her privileged yet dysfunctional upbringing as the child of actor Mathieu Carrière and artist Jennifer Bartlett, her battles with dissociative disorder, and her journey towards healing in this unflinching debut. Read-alike: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden. |
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| Talking To My Angels by Melissa EtheridgeGrammy- and Academy Award-winning rock icon Melissa Etheridge follows up her 2001 memoir The Truth Is... with further candid reflections on her life and career. Read-alike: Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Mary Gauthier. |
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| Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna FunderPrizewinning author and former human rights attorney Anna Funder's insightful biography of writer Eileen O'Shaughnessy, George Orwell's first wife, reveals the invaluable influence she had on the 1984 author's life and career. Funder's evocative account includes newly discovered letters O'Shaughnessy wrote to her best friend. Read-alike: Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit. |
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| Chinese Prodigal: A Memoir in Eight Arguments by David ShihIn his thought-provoking debut memoir in essays, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire English professor David Shih, born to Chinese immigrant parents, explores his complex relationship with his Asian American identity. Read-alike: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong. |
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| Thicker Than Water by Kerry WashingtonEmmy Award-winning actor Kerry Washington intimately charts her path to self-discovery in this moving debut memoir. Read-alike: Finding Me by Viola Davis. |
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Focus on: Graphic Memoirs
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| The Best We Could Do by Thi BuiFaced with a life of poverty and constant surveillance in postwar Vietnam, author Thi Bui's family immigrated to America in 1976. In present day New York City, Bui, now a mother herself, reflects on her parents' complicated reasons for leaving their homeland. Subtle colors and expressively drawn characters offer depth and clarity to complement the intimate and poetic narrative. Read-alikes: Vietnamerica by GB Tran; Family Style by Thien Pham. |
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| Gender Queer by Maia KobabeWinner of the Alex Award and a Stonewall Honor Book, Maia Kobabe's candid graphic memoir chronicles eir fraught exploration of gender and sexual identity. A muted color palette reflects the calm and gentle tone of this much-lauded debut. Read-alike: Super Late Bloomer by Julia Kaye. |
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| Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira JacobMira Jacob's funny and thoughtful graphic memoir about race and identity chronicles the difficult conversations she had with friends and family -- including her six-year-old biracial son -- following the 2016 presidential election. Striking collage illustrations, featuring full-color photographs and black-and-white characters who address the reader directly, add intimacy to her dialogue-driven narrative. Read-alike: The Talk by Darrin Bell. |
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| Run: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin; illustrated by L. Fury and Nate PowellRichly detailed illustrations and thoughtful writing from longtime U.S. Congressman John Lewis capture the turbulence that came after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, from the Vietnam War to the Watts Uprising to the splintering of Black activist groups. Run kicks off the follow-up series to the National Book Award-winning March trilogy. Read-alike: His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham. |
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| Come Home, Indio by Jim TerryHo-Chunk cartoonist Jim Terry chronicles his dysfunctional coming of age, addiction battles, and activism at Standing Rock protests in his expressively illustrated graphic memoir. High contrast colors and heavily drawn lines capture the intensity of Terry's search for belonging. Read-alike: A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Atlantic County Library System | 40 Farragut Avenue, Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Phone: (609) 625-2776 | www.atlanticlibrary.org
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Atlantic County Board of Commissioners, John W. Risley, Jr., Chairman |
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