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In this memoir of the Hudson River and of her family, Susan Fox Rogers writes from a fresh perspective: the seat of her kayak. Low in the water, she explores the bays and the larger estuary, riding the tides, marveling over sturgeons and eels, eagles and herons, and spotting the remains of the ice...

Joe Polacco has written a wonderful tribute to his mother, Vina, and in the process has learned about himself. This memoir is told with humor, and is a tale of extended family in Brooklyn headed by the author's mother, the kind and big-hearted Vina. It's all about the family, the neighborhood, and...

"You can run, but you can't hide" is the start of this insightful memoir down the Breast Cancer Freeway. Author/survivor DebiLyn Smith says she is your horrible warning. "Don't be naive like I was. Stop running from cancer. Learn to stand and fight back. The earlier you start fighting cancer,...

One Thing for Certain, Two Things for Sure reminds us that there are no mistakes or accidents in life—that everything happens as it should. Stewart allows us, the reader, an intimate look into his personal life through stories that center on dating, love, fear, fate and destiny. “I hope my story,...

A visually arresting graphic memoir about a young artist struggling against what’s expected of her as a woman, and learning to accept her true self, from an acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Guardian • New York • Refinery29 • Kirkus Reviews In...

A “delicious” account of a midwestern family’s restaurant business, and the bond between a daughter and her food-loving father (Jacquelyn Mitchard). At age twelve, Julie Pandl was initiated into the rite of the Sunday brunch, a weekly madhouse at Pandl’s, the family-owned Milwaukee-based...

Most people who pick up Suelyn Medeiros: A Memoir will search the Internet for Suelyn within fifteen minutes of reading her name. At first glance, they will see a gorgeous and successful young woman in skimpy clothesor none at all. But they wont really know her. They will not know the story of how...

My intention in writing this book is to give the reader a brief summary of the street life I was living and the consequences that came from it, good and bad.The thought came to me December ‘06 when I was placed on lockup for having a cellphone inside the prison. On lockdown, where I was around a...

Pieces of Sky: a memoir is a starkly honest story of one brave little girl’s journey of survival and triumph. From the hot, dusty plains of Oklahoma to the dangerous streets of Los Angeles to the rural Big Bear mountains, Noelle spends her childhood longing for a place to call home. Her mother is...

"Murphy's skillful storytelling and optimistic spirit give even the grimmest moments of her difficult life story levity in this hopeful, spunky sister to Angela's Ashes."- Publishers Weekly Maura Murphy's memoir of life in Ireland and beyond resonates with the people, places, and...

Offering insight in the world of living as an American Indian, Tsil Somiviki: A Memoir of Hopi Tamales narrates the stories of author Sal Sahmes grandparents and his family throughout the years. In this memoir, Sahme tells about the life lessons that helped shape his character and inheritance...

From Valerie Frankel, author of the hilarious memoir IT'S HARD NOT TO HATE YOU, comes a hilarious, unflinching, self-deprecating, and joy-filled memoir that will appeal to every women, everywhere. You've heard the phrase "the mirror is not your friend." For Valerie Frankel, the mirror...

From New Zealand's greatest living writer, A History of Silence is a moving and devastating memoir unlike any you have ever read before. A History of Silence is a book about a country and a broken landscape. It's about the devastation in Christchurch, after the 2011 earthquake. It's about how...

What would you do if your country was on the wrong side of history? Would you leave if you had the chance—even if leaving might ruin the rest of your life? In 1967, Joseph Mark Glazner, a twenty-two-year-old American writer, left Los Angeles behind forever and became one of the first...