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Biography and Memoir October 2018
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| Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBrideWhat it is: an enlightening and hopeful memoir tracing prominent trans activist Sarah McBride's journey towards self-acceptance and advocacy.
About the author: McBride is the national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign.
Blazing a trail: McBride was the first trans person to serve as a White House intern and to speak at a national political convention. |
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| The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell KingWhat it's about: This admiring biography of children's television icon Fred Rogers celebrates his cultural impact while also plumbing the hidden depths and contradictions of his work.
Did you know? "The man who conveyed a Zen-like calm on television saw a psychiatrist for decades."
Author alert: Maxwell King is a former Philadelphia Inquirer editor who knew Rogers. |
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| Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. MazzeoWhat it is: the first biography written about philanthropist Eliza Hamilton, the devoted wife of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
Is it for you? Fans of Broadway sensation Hamilton will be captivated by this charming cradle-to-grave account of Eliza's remarkable life.
Don't miss: Author Tilar J. Mazzeo posits that Alexander's scandalous affair with Maria Reynolds was a ruse to mask his financial misdeeds -- and that Eliza protected his secrets. |
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| Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio VargasWhat it's about: In a stirring narrative bookended by removal proceedings, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas chronicles his journey as an undocumented immigrant in America "as if to dare the attorney general to come find him" (Kirkus Reviews).
Want a taste? "After 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom." |
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Books You Might Have Missed
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What it's about: Growing up in a military family, journalist and news anchor Harris Faulkner experienced firsthand how success in life is rooted in the knowledge, integrity, and duty that came from her military surroundings. She shares the formative lessons in leadership and work ethic she learned from a lifetime spent absorbing the military mindset, and offers recommendations for how all families can benefit from the guiding principles of military life.
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| A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia by Sandra AllenWhat it's about: In 2009, Sandra Allen received an incomprehensible 60-page manuscript from her estranged uncle Bob, a paranoid schizophrenic seeking her help to tell his story. Allen relished the challenge, digging into her family history as well as the history of schizophrenia itself.
Why you might like it: This thoughtful page-turner offers an intimate glimpse into living with a mental illness for which there remains no consensus on effective treatment. |
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