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Biography and Memoir July 2021
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Beautiful things : a memoir
by Robert Hunter Biden
"When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister. In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of forty-six. These hardships were compounded by the collapse of his marriage and a years-long battle with drug and alcohol addiction. In Beautiful Things, Hunter recounts his descent into substance abuse and his tortuous path to sobriety"
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Cack-handed : a memoir
by Gina Yashere
The producer and writer of the CBS hit series I Heart Abishola tells the story of growing up as child of Nigerian immigrants in London and her career as a stand-up comic and eventual Hollywood success.
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Ethel Rosenberg : an American tragedy
by Anne Sebba
This biography of the wife and mother executed for espionage-related crimes tells how despite the flimsy evidence against her, refused to incriminate her husband and faced the death penalty for a crime she didn’t commit.
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Kin : a memoir
by Shawna Kay Rodenberg
A Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award Winner, in this mesmerizing memoir of survival, shares her experiences growing up Appalachia – a community ravaged by the coal industry, but for all that, rich in humanity, beauty and the complex knots of family love.
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My Own Blood : A Memoir
by Ashley Bristowe
Mothering under normal circumstances takes all you have to give. But what happens when your child is disabled, and sacrificing all you've got and more is the only hope for a decent future? Full of rage and resilience, duty and love, Ashley Bristowe delivers a mother's voice like no other we've heard.
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Open Skies : My Life As Afghanistan's First Female Pilot
by Niloofar Rahmani
The first female fixed-wing pilot for the Afghan Air Force in 2013, who received the International women of Courage Award, shares how she had to break through social barriers to demonstrate confidence, leadership and decisiveness to realize her dreams. Illustrations.
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The psychopath : a true story
by Mary Turner Thomson
The author, whose world was shattered in 2006 when she discovered her husband was a bigamist, con man and convicted sex offender, starts a bold new chapter in her life, fighting to protect other women from his heartless gaslighting campaigns and bring him down – forever.
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Walking Away from Hate : Our Journey Through Extremism
by Jeanette Manning
As a troubled teen, Lauren Manning sought refuge online in the angry world of black metal music. When she met a recruiter who offered her the acceptance she craved, the doctrine of white supremacy supplanted the values of her middle--class upbringing, and Lauren traded suburbia for a life of violence and criminality on the streets of Toronto.
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