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New Biographies August 2015
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Don't Leave Yet : How My Mother's Alzheimer's Opened My Heart
by Constance Hanstedt
As a young girl in the Midwest, Constance Hanstedt was consumed by fear -- of her parents, especially her disapproving mother, Virginia. When Virginia developed Alzheimer's, Hanstedt did what the perfect daughter she'd always struggled to be would do: she returned to the Midwestern town where she was raised to help care for a mother who could no longer care for herself. In Don't Leave Yet, Hanstedt recounts her journey toward facing her fears and rising above the past, and her unexpected discovery of an emotion that reaches beyond familial duty: compassion.
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The negotiator : a memoir
by George J. Mitchell
The former Maine senator and Senate majority leader describes his career spent orchestrating peace and negotiations in Northern Ireland and the Middle East and investigating the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
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The book of Joan : tales of mirth, mischief, and manipulation
by Melissa Rivers
The daughter of Joan Rivers presents an inspiring and intimate tribute to the iconic comedienne that shares insights into her life out of the spotlight, detailing their complicated but loving relationship and the lessons the author learned from her mother throughout their years together.
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Diane Von Furstenberg : A Life Unwrapped
by Gioia Diliberto
Presents a sweeping biography of one of the most influential and controversial legends of late-20th-century fashion, an iconic designer whose colorful creations, including the “wrap dress,” captured the modern feminist spirit.
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Blackout : remembering the things I drank to forget
by Sarah Hepola
In an unflinchingly honest memoir that is both hilarious and heartbreaking, the author shares her journey to sobriety, a new adventure she never wanted, after her drinking—which she once believed gave her confidence, intimacy and creativity—led to blackouts that drained her spirit and destroyed her life.
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A full life : reflections at ninety
by Jimmy Carter
The 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor—and a few second thoughts.
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The odd woman and the city : a memoir
by Vivian Gornick
In the spirit of Fierce Attachments, a best-selling author presents a memoir of self-discovery and connection, written as a narrative collage, that explores the rhythms, chance encounters and ever-changing friendships of urban life in New York, a city that has lived out its conflicts just as she has.
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