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Biography and Memoir May 2020
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More myself : a journey
by Alicia Keys
The 15-time Grammy Award-winning music artist traces her journey from self-censorship to full expression, describing her complicated relationship with her father, the people-pleasing nature that characterized her early career and her struggles with gender expectations.
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| I Want You to Know We're Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir by Esther Safran FoerWhat it's about: As the child of Holocaust survivors reticent to discuss their experiences, Esther Safran Foer grew up with lingering questions about her family history. After learning that her father's first family (including Esther's half-sister) had been killed by Nazis, Esther traveled to Ukraine in search of answers -- and catharsis.
Read it if: you liked Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, a fictionalization of his mother's heartwrenching journey to Ukraine. |
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| Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert KolkerWhat it is: a haunting and compassionate family biography that explores the relationship between biology and mental illness.
Starring: the Galvins, a Colorado family with 12 children, six of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1970s.
Book buzz: This "exceptional, unforgettable, and significant work" (Booklist) was recently named an Oprah's Book Club Pick. |
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| Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person by Anna Mehler PapernyWhat it is: journalist Anna Mehler Paperny's candid memoir about her experiences with depression.
What's inside: a well-researched investigation that explores stigma, treatment, and mental health care biases.
Who it's for: This informative guide will resonate with readers who have grappled with depression, though discussions of the author's suicide attempts may be triggering. |
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Untamed
by 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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| Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America by Catherine KerrisonWhat it is: a richly detailed portrait of Thomas Jefferson's daughters and the tumultuous times in which they lived.
Reviewers say: "Incisive and elegant, Kerrison's book is at once a fabulous family story and a stellar work of historical scholarship" (Publishers Weekly).
You might also like: Virginia Scharff's The Women Jefferson Loved, which explores how Jefferson was shaped by the women in his life. |
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| Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who... by Lisa NapoliStarring: McDonald's founder Ray Kroc and his third wife, Joan, a philanthropist who supported his entrepreneurial efforts and donated $3 billion to various charitable causes after Ray's death.
Why you might like it: This well-researched portrait of a complicated yet loving partnership will "cause readers to never look at McDonald's the same way again" (Library Journal). |
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| Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce by Colm TóibínWhat it's about: how 19th-century Irish authors Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats, and James Joyce grappled with their respective daddy issues in their lives and work.
Book buzz: Written by the award-winning author of Brooklyn, this concise group biography of three bad dads was originally a series of lectures presented at Emory University. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Newmarket Public Library 438 Park Ave. Newmarket, Ontario L3Y1W1 905-953-5110www.newmarketpl.ca |
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