Untamed
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Glennon Doyle
An activist, speaker and philanthropist offers a memoir wrapped in a wake-up call that reveals how women can reclaim their true, untamed selves by breaking free of the restrictive expectations and cultural conditioning that leaves them feeling dissatisfied and lost.
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Hill Women : Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
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Cassie Chambers
Cassie's Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. With her "hill women" values guiding her, Cassie went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her knowledge and opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved back home to help her fellow rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues that are all too common: domestic violence, the opioid crisis, a world that seems more divided by the day. But they are also community leaders, keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers uses these women's stories paired with her own journey to break down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminate a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future"
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Hell and Other Destinations : a 21st-century Memoir
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Madeleine Korbel Albright
Revealing, funny and inspiring, the six-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State—one of the world’s most admired and tireless public servants—reflects on the final stages of her career and how she has blazed her own trail in her later years.
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When Time Stopped : A Memoir of my Father's War and What Remains
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Ariana Neumann
A first book by a Venezuelan foreign correspondent describes the harrowing early experiences of her father, an only survivor of their Jewish-Czechoslovakian family, who hid from the Gestapo in plain sight before starting over in South America.
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The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life by Janice Kaplan How it began: Journalist Janice Kaplan vowed one New Year's Eve to practice being grateful for one full year.
How she did it: Kaplan kept a "gratitude journal," surveyed experts including psychologists and medical doctors, and interviewed people who have overcome adversity.
Try this next: For another humorous memoir of embracing a new outlook on life, read Shonda Rhimes' inspiring Year of Yes. | | Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years by David Litt What it is: a witty chronicle of author David Litt's five-year tenure as a speechwriter for President Obama.
Read it for: an engaging behind-the-scenes look at some of the highs (writing four White House Correspondence Dinner speeches) and lows (making careless diplomatic gaffes) of an illustrious gig.
Author alert: Litt's latest book, the optimistic political history Democracy in One Book or Less, hit bookshelves in June. | | Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer Cook O'Toole What it is: an inspirational guide that urges readers -- and the medical establishment -- to reevaluate stereotypical ideas about what autism looks like, especially the ways gender can affect the expression of autistic traits.
Why it's important: Author Jennifer Cook O'Toole encourages readers to view autism as more of a difference than a "disease," and reveals how her diagnosis at age 34 came as a relief instead of something negative. | |
Wow, No Thank You : Essays
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Samantha Irby
A new collection of humorous and edgy essays from the author of Meaty and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life that highlight the ups and downs of aging, marriage and living with step-children in small-town Michigan.
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Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting by Anna Quindlen What it's about: Anna Quindlen's examination of her changing family dynamics as she goes from parent to grandparent and must recalibrate her relationship with her child and her own understanding of herself.
Want a taste? "Those who make their opinions sound like the Ten Commandments see their grandchildren only on major holidays and in photographs."
About the author: Pulitzer Prize winner Quindlen is also known for her fiction, including Still Life with Breadcrumbs and Object Lessons. | | Where I Come From: Life Lessons from a Latino Chef by Aarón Sánchez What it's about: MasterChef star Aaron Sanchez's culinary coming-of-age and influences, including legendary New York restaurateur Zarela Martinez (his mother), and New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme.
Recipes include: Bacalao-Stuffed Sweet Plantains with Crema Mexicana; Seared Salmon with Pumpkin Seed Mole; Seafood Stew with Coconut and Chipotle.
Reviewers say: "Sánchez's fans will relish this richly told life story of a chef celebrating his roots" (Publishers Weekly). | |
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