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Biography and Memoir March 2023 |
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| Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter by John HendricksonWhat it is: The Atlantic senior editor John Hendrickson's candid memoir of how his lifelong stutter has impacted his life.
Topics include: the bullying and unsuccessful therapy Hendrickson endured as a child; the depression and substance abuse he battled as an adult; his relationship with his wife, Liz, who has a neuromuscular disorder.
Featuring: interviews with speech therapists, researchers, and fellow stutterers, including Joe Biden, "the most famous living stutterer." |
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| Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the... by Peggy OrensteinWhat it's about: how bestselling author Peggy Orenstein (Boys & Sex) found solace in the "enforced pause" of the COVID-19 pandemic by undertaking a unique project.
What she did: Orenstein learned how to knit a sweater from scratch, which involved shearing a sheep, spinning and dyeing its wool, and creating her own patterns.
Read it for: a funny and reflective account of a difficult period in Orenstein's life, which saw the death of her mother, her father's declining health, and her daughter leaving for college. |
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Local : a memoir
by Jessica Machado
"A powerful, lush memoir about a Hawaiian woman who ran away from paradise to discover who she is and where she belongs"
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Master slave husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom
by Ilyon Woo
Recounts the extraordinary and harrowing true story of a young, enslaved couple who, achieving one of the boldest feats of self-emancipation in American history, embarked on three epic journeys in one monumental bid for freedom, challenging the nation's core precepts of life, liberty and justice for all. Illustrations.
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Never give an inch : fighting for the America I love
by Mike Pompeo
The former Secretary of State and CIA Director, blending remarkable and often humorous stories of his interactions with world leaders and unmatched analysis of geopolitics, reveals what it took to deliver winning outcomes during dangerous times.
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