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Biography and Memoir April 2024
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| The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaulDrag queen and pop culture icon RuPaul dishes on his life and career in this candid and empowering follow-up to his 1995 memoir Lettin' It All Hang Out. |
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Now That I Have Your Attention : 7 Lessons in Leading a Life Bigger Than They Expect
by Nicolas Hamilton
Nicolas Hamilton has been exceeding expectations since day one. Born with a form of cerebral palsy, Nicolas was told that he would never walk and would need a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Today he not only walks everywhere but he is the first disabled athlete to ever compete at the top level of British motorsport, The British Touring Car Championship, where he lines up on the grid alongside some of the world's best drivers.
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Knife : Meditations After an Attempted Murder
by Salman Rushdie
The internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner speaks out for the first time about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, when an attempt was made on his life, in this deeply personal meditation on violence, art, loss, love and finding thestrength to stand up again
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Here After
by Amy Lin
This memoir from the debut Canadian author traces the dizzying loss she faced after the sudden death of her 32-year-old husband who had led her to greater joy, adventure, and self-acceptance.
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Where Rivers Part : a Story of My Mother's Life
by Kao Kalia Yang
A memoir about a Hmong family's epic journey to safety, told from the perspective of the author's incredible mother who survived, and helped her family escape, against all odds.
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Woman of Interest : A Memoir
by Tracy O'neill
In the spring of 2020, as thousands of people worldwide succumb to Covid, Tracy O’Neill finds herself suddenly consumed by the fear that her unknown birth mother might be dying alone in Korea. She seeks out a private investigator, puzzles over unearthed clues, and eventually travels to the other side of the world, determined to learn more about herself as well as the mysterious woman who bore her.
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A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer) incisively explores "the thin border between / history and memory" in his nonlinear memoir detailing how colonization, war, and a fractured sense of self have impacted him as the child of Vietnamese refugees.
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How to Say Babylon
by Safiya Sinclair
Whiting Award-winning poet Safiya Sinclair (Cannibal) recounts her flight from her strict Rastafarian upbringing in this evocative Read with Jenna Book Club Pick. For fans of: Educated by Tara Westover.
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