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Volunteers : growing up in the forever war
by Jerad W. Alexander
In this thought-provoking, fervent memoir, the author reveals what it was like to be raised on war, vividly recreating the masculine fantasies of American heroism and patriotism that animated his childhood—and at the same time brilliantly dismantling those myths.
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To be honest / : A Memoir
by Michael Leviton
The author describes his upbringing in a family fanatically devoted to honesty, the consequences of this unrelenting honesty in his relationships, and his decision to learn how to be as casually dishonest as everyone else
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Hooked : how crafting saved my life
by Sutton Foster
The Broadway and television actress discusses how cross-stitching, crocheting, painting and other craft projects kept her sane while dealing with an agoraphobic mother, a painful public divorce and struggles with fertility.
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In the shadow of the valley : a memoir
by Bobi Conn
Surviving despite being poor, female and cloistered in 1980s Appalachia, the author, in this clear-eyed and compassion memoir, shares her journey to worth, autonomy and reinvention in a community marginalized, desperate and ignored.
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Home is burning : a memoir
by Dan Marshall
The author recounts the efforts of him and his four siblings to care for their parents after their mother experienced a cancer relapse and his father was diagnosed with terminal ALS.
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Inheritance : a memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love
by Dani Shapiro
The acclaimed author of Hourglass describes her staggering recent discovery that she is not biologically related to her father, tracing her efforts to uncover the truth from a half-century web of family secrets to reestablish her sense of identity
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Memorial Drive : a daughter's memoir
by Natasha D. Trethewey
The former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Native Guard shares a chillingly personal memoir about the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather.
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The big tiny : a built-it-myself memoir
by Dee Williams
The sustainability advocate author of Go House Go describes the heart condition and hectic lifestyle that compelled her to scale back and simplify while spending more time with family and friends in her self-built, 84-square-foot home.
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The real James Herriot : a memoir of my father
by Jim Wight
A portrait of the best-selling author of "All Creatures Great and Small" by his son describes the life and times of the beloved Yorkshire veterinarian, describing his devotion to his family, his work as a rural vet, and his writing
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson
The author of the best-selling Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit traces her life-long search for happiness as the adopted daughter of Pentecostal parents who raised her in a north England industrial town through practices of fierce control and paranoia, an experience that prompted her to search for her biological mother and turn for solace to the literary world. 50,000 first printing.
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