|
Biography and Memoir April 2021
|
|
|
|
|
The last queen : Elizabeth II's seventy year battle to save the House of Windsor
by Clive Irving
"Clive Irving's stunning new narrative biography The Last Queen probes the question of the British monarchy's longevity. In 2021, the Queen Elizabeth II finally appears to be at ease in the modern world, helped by the new generation of Windsors. But through Irving's unique insight there emerges a more fragile institution, whose extraordinarily dutiful matriarch has managed to persevere with dignity, yet in doing so made a Faustian pact with the media"
|
|
|
Between two kingdoms : a memoir of a life interrupted
by Suleika Jaouad
An Emmy Award-winning writer and activist describes the harrowing years she spent in early adulthood fighting leukemia and how she learned to live again while forging connections with other survivors of profound illness and suffering
|
|
|
American daughter : a memoir
by Stephanie Thornton Plymale
The founder of the Heritage Home Foundation nonprofit documents her secret abuse-marked childhood in and out of foster care and what she discovered while investigating the story of her mother’s own harrowing past.
|
|
From the Stacks - Facing Adversity |
|
|
In the country we love : my family divided
by Diane Guerrero
Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the mega hit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents were detained and deported while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family. In the Country We Love is a moving, heartbreaking story of one woman's extraordinary resilience in the face of the nightmarish struggles of undocumented residents in this country.
|
|
|
A stitch of time : the year a brain injury changed my language and life
by Lauren Marks
A young woman describes the brain aneurysm that left her with serious cognitive deficiencies, including aphasia, the loss of the ability to understand speech, and chronicles the year she spent fighting her way back, relearning and re-experiencing things most adults take for granted.
|
|
|
The man who couldn't eat : a memoir
by Jon Reiner
The full-length story behind the popular Esquire article, "The Man Who Couldn't Eat," describes the author's near-fatal battle with Crohn's disease, which forced him to switch to intravenous feeding methods, cost him his job as an award-winning food writer and nearly destroyed his family life.
|
|
|
The master plan : my journey from life in prison to a life of purpose
by Chris Wilson
Detailing the violent youth that led to his imprisonment at the age of 18, a successful social entrepreneur describes how he dedicated himself to self-improvement and the eventual establishment of a company that gives second chances to people with criminal records.
|
|
Contact your librarian for more great books!
|
|
|
|
|
|