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Biography and Memoir March 2025 |
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| Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina; foreword by Margaret AtwoodIn her affecting posthumous memoir, Ukrainian poet and activist Victoria Amelina, who was killed by a Russian missile in July 2023, details her experiences as a war crimes researcher during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For fans of: Patriot by Alexei Navalny. |
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Love, Queenie : Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star by Mayukh SenFrom Kirkus Reviews: "Merle Oberon, a Hollywood star who audiences believed was “born to well-heeled white parents on the Australian island of Tasmania”—was in fact the child of a Sri Lankan mother and white father who spent her impoverished early years in Calcutta and Bombay. Oberon—then called Queenie—grew up believing that her grandmother, Charlotte, was her birth mother and was never told that her real birth mother was Constance Joy Selby, who claimed to be her half-sister. While raising Merle, Charlotte masqueraded as Merle’s maid when the two moved to London to help her granddaughter maintain the fiction that she was white. After moving to Hollywood, Oberon’s tribulations continued as she experienced domestic violence and underwent unsafe medical procedures to preserve her light skin. Despite these hardships, Oberon starred in an impressive slate of films—opposite luminaries like Marlon Brando and Laurence Olivier—that showcased her beauty and undeniable acting skills. An extraordinary biography of an extraordinary South Asian woman."
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| Memorial Days by Geraldine BrooksIn her spare and lyrical memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks (March) details her delayed grieving process after the sudden death of her husband in 2019. For fans of: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion; In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom. |
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| Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations by Alton BrownIn his witty memoir-in-essays, James Beard Award-winning Food Network host and food scientist Alton Brown chronicles the ups and downs of his eclectic culinary career. For fans of: Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten. |
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| Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill GatesMicrosoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates' conversational first memoir offers a reflective and richly detailed account of his first two decades. Further reading: Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World by Anupreeta Das. |
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| Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan MorrisonNew Yorker editor Susan Morrison's richly detailed biography of Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels was published to coincide with the series' 50th anniversary and offers insights the author gleaned from shadowing Michaels during production of a 2018 episode. Try this next: From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears, and Touchdowns in TV by Dick Ebersol. |
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Firstborn : A Memoir by Lauren ChristensenA heartbreaking yet hopeful memoir of love, loss, and resilience, recounting the joy of impending parenthood, the devastating loss of a child and the profound journey of grappling with grief while finding meaning in life's deepest paradoxes.
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| Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause by Naomi Watts; foreword by Mary Claire Haver, MDAcademy Award-nominated actor Naomi Watts dishes on menopause and aging in her humorous and demythologizing blend of memoir and guide. Try this next: Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman by Brooke Shields. |
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