Biography and Memoir
August 2025
Recent Releases
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove : From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
by Barbara Demick

One of the world's best investigative journalists tells the true story of Chinese twins forcibly separated as babies through adoption trafficking, raised on opposite sides of the globe and only reunited as teens.
Carrying the Tiger: Living With Cancer, Dying With Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving
by Tony Stewart

When Tony Stewart's wife, Lynn, receives a sudden and devastating diagnosis, they scramble to find effective treatment, navigate life threatening setbacks, learn to live fully in the shadow of death, and share the intimate grace of her departure from this world. Then Tony slowly climbs out of shattering grief and, surprisingly, eases toward new love.There is uncertainty, fear, and sorrow, but also tenderness and joy, along with a renewed perspective on what it means to live and love with one's whole heart.
A Change of Habit : Leaving Behind my Husband, Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun
by Monica Clare

The soulful, hilarious memoir of a chronic people pleaser who surprised everyone in her life by abandoning an unfulfilling career and marriage to join a convent - and learned how much we stand to gain when we fully embrace our authentic selves.
The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse : a Memory of Vietnam
by Vinh Nguyen

Chronicles the author's search for his vanished father, unraveling family secrets and the enduring trauma of the Vietnam War through a journey across continents, refugee histories and silenced memories to reconcile with a fractured past.
Three Weeks in July : 7/7, the Aftermath and the Deadly Manhunt
by Adam Wishart

Three Weeks in July is the extraordinary and definitive account of the events of the 7/7 London bombings, publishing on the 20th anniversary of the event. Three Weeks in July delivers the definitive narrative of the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the chaos, confusion and terror that followed.A true-crime investigation interwoven with high-stakes politics and history, it reveals untold accounts of the response to 7/7 by the government and the Metropolitan Police, as well as their efforts to prevent a second wave of attacks.
The Bank Robber's Boy : Born into Crime, Scarred by Violence—One Boy's Heartbreaking Journey
by Peter Norris

This is the against-all-odds story of Peter Norris, the son of one of Australia's most wanted criminals, and his struggle to escape his father's shadow.
The Tell : a Memoir
by Amy Griffin

Documents the author's journey to uncover buried childhood trauma, exploring perfectionism, validation and self-discovery as she navigates psychedelic therapy, the judicial system and her Texas roots, ultimately revealing the transformative power of embracing radical truth.
This Time Next Year : A Life of Positive Thinking
by David Jason

Sir David Jason's career, from the outside, might seem like one glorious procession to national treasure status. But the truth is that he's had more knockbacks, more ups and downs, and more roundabout routes along his bumpy journey in life than one of Del Boy's get-rich schemes. David's north star for navigating life's challenges has always been his positive outlook and his resilience. 
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