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Biography and Memoir March 2023 |
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| Love & Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts by Maya Moore Irons and Jonathan Irons; foreword by Bryan StevensonWhat it's about: In 2007, future WNBA player Maya Moore met wrongfully convicted Jonathan Irons via a prison ministry program, and the two developed a connection while Irons served his sentence.
What happened next: In 2019, Moore retired from the sport to help secure Irons' release; the pair later married, welcoming a son in 2022.
Don't miss: letters and poems the pair penned over the years. |
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Drinking Games
by Sarah Levy
What it's about: Sarah takes us along as she tumbles through her twenties, exploring the impact alcohol has on relationships and identity, and showing us how life's messiest moments can end up being the most profound.
Read it to explore: the role alcohol has in our formative years, and what it means to opt out of a culture completely enmeshed in drinking. Drinking Games is an examination of what our short-term choices about alcohol do to our long-term selves.
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| Bad Mormon by Heather GayWhat it's about: Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Heather Gay's complicated relationship with the Mormon faith in which she was raised.
Read it for: an irreverent account of spirituality lost and found; dishy gossip on Gay's Real Housewives castmates.
Want a taste? "Everything in my life confirmed my identity, my faith, and my future. Until it didn't." |
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Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century
by Jennifer Homans
Based on more than 100 interviews and research in archives across Russia, Europe and the Americas, this first major biography of the greatest choreographer who ever lived takes us through his tumultuous and dramatic life during the 20th century, showing us how he became a legend who reinvented the art of ballet.
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| Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the... by Peggy OrensteinWhat it's about: how bestselling author Peggy Orenstein (Boys & Sex) found solace in the "enforced pause" of the COVID-19 pandemic by undertaking a unique project.
What she did: Orenstein learned how to knit a sweater from scratch, which involved shearing a sheep, spinning and dyeing its wool, and creating her own patterns.
Read it for: a funny and reflective account of a difficult period in Orenstein's life, which saw the death of her mother, her father's declining health, and her daughter leaving for college. |
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| B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie TateWhat it's about: Group author Christie Tate's lifelong difficulties maintaining female friendships.
Why you might like it: Tate's warts-and-all chronicle sees her reckoning with mistakes of the past to find fulfilling relationships now.
Further reading: For another book about the transformative power of friendship, read Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman. |
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| The Love You Save by Goldie TaylorWhat it is: Daily Beast editor Goldie Taylor's compelling memoir detailing how she persevered in the face of her traumatic coming-of-age.
Is it for you? Though Taylor's account ends on a hopeful note, her journey toward healing included grappling with rape, pregnancy and miscarriage, suicide attempts, and her father's murder.
Book buzz: The Love You Save was named one of The Root's Most Anticipated Books of January, a Good Morning America Best Book of January, and an Essence Must Read Book of the Year. |
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