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Biography and Memoir August 2021
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The big hurt : a memoir
by Erika Schickel
Tells two coming-of-age stories—one of a girl who was kicked out of boarding school for sleeping with a teacher, and the other of that girl grown up who recreates her past by blowing up her marriage and casting herself in the second exile of her life.
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The last nomad : coming of age in the Somali Desert, a memoir
by Shugri Said Salh
The last of her family to learn a once-common way of life, the author shares her experiences roaming free in the desert and the feeling of community until she had to reacclimate herself to city living, which was a whole new journey of its own.
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Peyakow : reclaiming Cree dignity
by Darrel J. McLeod
"Following his debut memoir, Mamaskatch, which masterfully portrayed a Cree coming-of-age in rural Canada, Darrel J. McLeod continues the poignant story of his adulthood in Peyakow"
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Still alive : a wild life of rediscovery
by Forrest Galante
Dubbed “the Indiana Jones of Biology,” the author, a wildlife biologist and conservationist, in this part memoir, part biological adventure, celebrates the beauty and determined resiliency of our world and those who are fighting to save it.
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Stolen : a memoir
by Elizabeth Gilpin
An actress and producer, who suffered from crippling, undiagnosed depression in her teens, recounts her harrowing experience of psychological manipulation and abuse at a “therapeutic” boarding school where every moment was a test of survival, and shares how she was able to heal in the aftermath.
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Swing
by Ashleigh Renard
Raised in figure skating, Ashleigh brought the quest for perfectionism into marriage and motherhood. Three kids and a decade later, she and her husband think a little sexy fun may be the perfect remedy for the exhaustion of hard-core adulting. Everyone deserves a little break, don't they? From sex clubs to invite-only parties to dating apps for couples, Ashleigh awkwardly discovers they've made a slight miscalculation, underestimating the complexities of the lifestyle and overestimating the strength of their marriage. Hilarious, heartbreaking, and hopeful, what will she do when she realizes she's taken 'doing it all' to a level she never intended?
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You don't belong here : how three women rewrote the story of war
by Elizabeth Becker
Drawing on interviews, personal letters and profound insight, an award-winning journalist presents the unforgettable – and long-buried – story of three female journalisst forging their place in a land of men during the Vietnam war, often at great personal sacrifice.
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