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Biography and Memoir July 2023 |
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| Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story by Tom BrokawWhat it is: Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw's moving tribute to his working-class parents, Red and Jean.
What's inside: Brokaw's heartfelt reflections on how his family navigated the challenges of the Great Depression and World War II in small-town South Dakota.
Words to live by: The title of this memoir was inspired by Red's life philosophy. |
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| The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael FinkelStarring: prolific French art thief Stéphane Breitwieser, who conducted more than 200 heists throughout Europe over an eight-year period, stealing an estimated $1 to $2 billion worth of objects.
Book buzz: author Michael Finkel expands upon his 2019 GQ article about Breitwieser in this suspenseful blend of biography and true crime.
Featuring: maps and color photographs of some of the stolen artwork. |
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Say Anarcha : a young woman, a devious surgeon, and the harrowing birth of modern women's health
by J. C. Hallman
What it does provides the first evidence ever found of Anarcha, a young enslaved woman who endured experimental surgical procedures at the hands of a young surgeon considered “The Father of Gynecology,” illuminating the sacrifice of this woman who changed the world, only to be forgotten by it—until now.
Reviewers say: "Through rigorous and innovative research, Hallman successfully transforms Anarcha from historical object to subject, and shines a light on the contentious rise of medical ethics in the 19th century. It’s a must-read." (Publishers Weekly)
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| Pageboy by Elliot PageWhat it is: the intimate debut memoir from Academy Award-nominated actor and trans activist Elliot Page.
Is it for you? Though he offers plenty of gossip and behind-the-scenes career anecdotes, Page also candidly addresses the transphobia and harassment he has endured in Hollywood and beyond.
Book buzz: Pageboy was named a Most Anticipated Book by Salon, Elle, Bustle, and more. |
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| My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn... by Hannah Pick-GoslarWhat it is: Bergen-Belsen survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar's heartwrenching and moving account of her friendship with Anne Frank.
Read it for: a vivid account of the Holocaust that reveals another perspective on Anne Frank's legacy.
Try this next: The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal by Joop Van Wijk-Voskuijl and Jerden De Bruyn. |
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| When the World Didn't End by Guinevere TurnerWhat it's about: actor/director/screenwriter Guinevere Turner's abusive upbringing in the Lyman Family doomsday cult.
Featuring: reflections drawn from diaries Turner kept in her youth: "There have been points in my life when keeping a record of what was happening to me felt like the only power I had."
For fans of: affecting memoirs of surviving unconventional childhoods, like Tara Westover's Educated. |
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