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Biography and Memoir April 2024
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The Blind Woodsman : One Man's Journey to Find His Purpose on the Other Side of Darkness
by John Furniss
In this inspiring memoir, a renowned woodworker shares how he found happiness despite real-life struggles with drug addiction, anxiety, depression, financial despair, and permanent blindness caused by a failed suicide attempt at the age of sixteen. As John struggled to free himself from addiction, search for his independence, and find his purpose, he met his future wife, Anni, an artist who also faced her own physical and mental health challenges. Together they embarked on a parth built on love and acceptance, using their artistic expression to find joy. This is their story of how challenges and struggles need not define you, rather how they can lead you to find your true vision and purpose"-
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| The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him by Eric BlehmIn this "sterling tribute to a talent gone too soon," (Publishers Weekly), bestselling biographer Eric Blehm (Fearless) chronicles the life of trailblazing snowboarder Craig Kelly, who died during the 2003 Durrand Glacier avalanche in British Columbia. Try this next: A Wall of White: The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche by Jennifer Woodlief. |
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| Grief is For People by Sloane CrosleyNovelist and essayist Sloane Crosley's (Cult Classic) moving and darkly humorous latest chronicles how she navigated the grief of losing her best friend to suicide in 2019. Try this next: Molly by Blake Butler. |
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| Sharing Too Much: Musings from an Unlikely Life by Richard Paul EvansBestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) Richard Paul Evans shares insights from his life and career in this concise and inspiring blend of memoir-in-essays and advice. For fans of: Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott; The Comfort Book by Matt Haig. |
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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. Try this next: Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag by Craig Seligman. |
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Devout : a memoir of doubt
by Anna Gazmarian
A woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder shares how she learned to reconcile the stigma that her devout Christian fundamentalist community attached to her diagnosis and how she was able to overcome it to find the help she needed.
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