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• Accidentally on Purpose

  a Memoir

  Kish, Kristen, 1983-

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  Kristen Kish never could have imagined people on the street knowing her name--not when she was a carefree softball-tossing kid, in high school working at a pretzel stand, and not even when she finally found her true calling as a chef. In those early…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aggregated Discontent

  Confessions of the Last Normal Woman

  Walker, Harron,

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  In sixteen wholly original essays that blend memoir, cultural criticism, investigative journalism, and a dash of fanfiction, Walker places her own experiences within the larger context of the pressing and underdiscussed aspects of contemporary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alligator Tears

  a Memoir in Essays

  Gomez, Edgar (Writer),

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  A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream, healing through community, and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State-from the award-winning author of High-Risk Homosexual.

• Becoming Baba

  Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Meaning in America

  Ismail, Aymann, 1989-

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  The son of Egyptian immigrants, Aymann Ismail came of age in the shadow of 9/11, tracking the barrage of predatory headlines pervading the media and influencing the popular consciousness about Muslims. After a series of bomb threats at his Islamic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Becoming Spectacular

  the Rhythm of Resilience From the First African American Rockette

  Jones, Jennifer, 1967-

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  In 1987, the 63-year color barrier at Radio City was finally broken by one brave and tenacious woman. When she arrived, Jennifer Jones was met with a fierce resistance that she details in this memoir.

• Bibliophobia

  a Memoir

  Chihaya, Sarah,

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  Have you ever read a book and felt so gutted by it that you knew you'd never recover? That it made you sit differently in your own skin? A book that complicated everything you believed in and changed the way you read the world around you forever?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Billion Butterflies

  a Life in Climate and Chaos Theory /

  Shukla, J., 1944-

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  Renowned climate scientist Dr. Jagadish Shukla is largely to thank for modern weather forecasting. Born in rural India with no electricity, plumbing, or formal schools, he attended classes that were held in a cow shed. Shukla grew up amid turmoil:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boat Baby

  a Memoir

  Nguyen, Vicky,

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  In a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family's daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love.

• Calling in

  How to Start Making Change With Those You'd Rather Cancel

  Ross, Loretta,

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  This powerful memoir-manifesto from a Black feminist activist explores how "calling in" instead of "calling out" can transform conversations, hold people accountable with compassion and foster real change by prioritizing shared values over punitive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Clean Mess

  a Memoir of Sobriety After a Lifetime of Being Numb

  Jenkins, Tiffany (Motivational speaker),

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  After a brutal struggle with opioid addiction that landed her four months in prison, Tiffany was ready for a fresh start. What she didn't expect was just how fast life would happen once she was out of prison. She went from felon to married, sober…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Connecting Dots

  a Blind Life

  Miele, Joshua Alexander,

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  When Joshua Miele was four years old, he answered his front door, and a mentally disturbed neighbor poured a cup of acid over his head, horrifically burning him and blinding him for life. It was a tragedy that could've destroyed him, but instead,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Firstborn Girls

  a Memoir

  McFadden, Bernice L.,

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  On her second birthday in 1967, Bernice McFadden died in a car crash near Detroit, only to be resuscitated after her mother pulled her from the flaming wreckage. Firstborn Girls traces her remarkable life from that moment up to the publication of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hollow Half

  a Memoir of Bodies and Borders

  Aziza, Sarah,

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  "You were dead, Sarah, you were dead." In October 2019, Sarah Aziza, daughter and granddaughter of Gazan refugees, is narrowly saved after being hospitalized for an eating disorder. The doctors revive her body, but it is no simple thing to return to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Share An Egg

  a True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty

  Reichert, Bonny,

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  Bonny Reichert avoided engaging with her family's Holocaust history until, in midlife, she unexpectedly confronted it while writing an article. Her father's survival in Auschwitz-Birkenau was a backdrop to her upbringing, but a transformative…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Will Scream to the World

  Dukureh, Jaha, 1989 or 1990-

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  On the wedding night of her first arranged marriage, fifteen-year-old Jaha learned that she had undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as an infant. That painful discovery, coupled with her experiences with a second arranged marriage, set Jaha on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Look So Hot in a Coffin

  and Other Thoughts I Used to Have About My Body

  Sosenko, Carla,

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  Carla Sosenko was born with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, a rare vascular disorder that resulted in legs of different sizes, a mass of flesh on her back, a hunched posture, and other idiosyncrasies big and small. She spent years trying to hide under…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cudi

  the Memoir

  Mescudi, Scott, 1984-

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  Across a trailblazing career, he's turned pain into poetry with anthems like "Day 'N' Nite," "Pursuit of Happiness," and "Mr. Rager." His music gave voice to the unheard and hope to the unseen. But while he was ascending to cultural dominance, he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Love You Forever

  Notes From a K-pop Fan

  Kwon, Giaae,

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  Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror meets Cathy Park Hong's Minor Feelings in a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author's love affair with K-pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-pop's complex coming-of-age…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Tell You When I'm Home

  a Memoir

  Alyan, Hala, 1986-

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  After a decade of yearning for parenthood, years marked by miscarriage after miscarriage, Hala Alyan makes the decision to use a surrogate. In this charged time, she turns to the archetype of the waiting woman--the Scheherazade who tells stories to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm That Girl

  Living the Power of My Dreams

  Chiles, Jordan,

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  This memoir from the two-time Olympian gymnast chronicles her journey to the awards podium while overcoming racism, childhood trauma and devastating setbacks, highlighting the importance of family support and the resilience of the human spirit.