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Biography and Memoir January 2022 |
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| Apparently There Were Complaints by Sharon GlessWhat it is: two-time Emmy Award-winning actress Sharon Gless' dishy and moving memoir reflecting on her five decades in showbiz.
Topics include: Gless' rocky path to stardom; mental health and addiction battles; groundbreaking roles on TV's Cagney & Lacey and Queer as Folk, and more.
Don't miss: the author's ill-fated date in the early 1970s with up-and-coming director Steven Spielberg. |
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| The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters by Rachel TretheweyWhat it is: an engaging collective biography that explores Winston Churchill's relationships with his daughters.
Read it for: a richly detailed portrait of how the three Churchill sisters aided in their father's political campaigns and the war effort, supplemented with archival materials and previously unpublished letters.
Further reading: Josh Ireland's Churchill & Son, which examines Churchill's turbulent bond with his only son, Randolph. |
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Garbo : Her Life, Her Films
by Robert Gottlieb
The acclaimed critic and editor examines the life and work of Greta Garbo, from her childhood in the slums of Stockholm to the peak of Hollywood fame and features more than 250 photos of the legend.
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| Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's... by Gayle Jessup WhiteHow it began: Spurred to investigate her family's claims that they were descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, Gayle Jessup White spent years researching her family history, and in 2014 DNA tests confirmed her lineage.
What happened next: White now serves as the Public Relations & Community Engagement Officer at Monticello, where she works to reframe the narratives surrounding Jefferson's legacy and incorporate the stories of the people he enslaved. |
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Blood, Bones, & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
by Gabrielle Hamilton
The chef of New York's East Village Prune restaurant presents an unflinching account of her search for meaning and purpose in the food-central rural New Jersey home of her youth, marked by a first chicken kill, an international backpacking tour and the opening of a first restaurant.
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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
by Ruth Reichl
The six-time James Beard Award-winning journalist and best-selling author of My Kitchen Year chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and her work with legendary fellow epicureans to transform how America thinks about food.
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The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
by Marco Pierre White
A memoir by the quintessential bad-boy chef describes a career in food by the legendary culinary master, including his apprenticeship with Albert and Michel Roux, his colorful cooking antics, his role as a successful restaurateur, his turbulent personal life, and his passionate devotion to great food.
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