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Biography and Memoir March 2017
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Pilgrimage : my search for the real Pope Francis
by Mark K. Shriver
A deeply intimate portrait of Pope Francis and his faith draws on interviews with the men and women who knew him as a child, before he became a priest or during his years as a bishop, sharing additional insights into the individuals who helped shape his beliefs.
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| Rise: How a House Built a Family by Cara BrookinsAfter escaping two abusive marriages, author Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and only herself to rely on. In Rise, she describes how, after her financial situation forced her to sell her home, she then realized that she and the children could build their own house. The book's alternating chapters detail Brookins' fearful existence with her former husbands and chronicle the house construction -- which also served to heal and rebuild her family. For a frank portrait of determination to prevail over daunting challenges, take a look at this engaging memoir. |
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Disaster Falls : a family story
by Stéphane Gerson
Chronicles the aftermath of the author's 8-year-old son's drowning death during a family rafting trip, describing how the tragedy threatened to isolate their surviving family members as they processed wrenching grief in respective ways.
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How to murder your life : a memoir
by Cat Marnell
A former beauty editor at Lucky describes her secret life as a prescription-drug addict and bulimic who manipulated doctors into supporting her destructive lifestyle, recounting the early experiences that shaped her addictions and her struggles to balance her literary ambition with her disease.
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| Of All That Ends by Günter Grass; translated by Breon MitchellIn this absorbing collection of writings on life, creativity, and aging, Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass explores his memories in prose, poems, and drawings. Incomplete at the time of his death, Of All That Ends sums up many vivid memories, such as an account of stockpiling ribbons for his beloved Olivetti typewriter. Grass also recounts discoveries in old age, including a diminished need for sleep and the experience of designing his and his wife's coffins and trying them out once they arrived. This is an elegantly written testament to the author's life, to positive aspects of growing old, and to the power of art to inspire others. |
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| My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King, as told to Barbara ReynoldsOver the course of many years, Coretta Scott King's close friend, the Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, recorded interviews with King about her experiences. In My Life, My Love, My Legacy, Reynolds assembles these accounts into an authorized biography. From her childhood in segregated Heiberger, Alabama through her college days in Ohio and her classical music studies in Boston, Coretta aspired to be a professional musician. That changed after Martin Luther King Jr persuaded her to marry him, build a family together, and return South to combat Jim Crow. This up-close, graceful narrative offers a vivid depiction of the Kings' lives, especially Coretta's, and the Civil Rights movement. |
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| Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White by Michael TisserandCartoonist George Herriman created the character Krazy Kat in popular cartoons that ran in American newspapers between 1913 and 1944. In this thoroughly researched biography, acclaimed author Michael Tisserand discusses Herriman's influence on later artists and cartoonists. He also explores Herriman's personal life, revealing that the New Orleans native was a Creole African American who passed as white with the nickname "Greek" after the family moved to Los Angeles. In his cartoons, Herriman satirized race and culture in the U.S. while keeping his multiracial background secret. Krazy provides both a captivating view of an aspect of art history and an eye-opening study of the significance of racial identity. |
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My life as Eva : the struggle is real
by Eva Gutowski
The famed young YouTube beauty guru and vlogger best known as MyLifeAsEva traces the story of her difficult early life and successes as an online entertainer and bisexual while sharing original tips for personal grooming and style. Media tie-in.
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