March 2020 list by Elizabeth Hanby
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Abandoned: America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection by Anne KimThe director of domestic and social policy at the Progressive Policy Institute examines the 11.5 percent of sixteen- to twenty-four-year-olds who age out of foster care and the justice system and are forced to navigate early adulthood alone and impoverished.
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I Want You To Know We're Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir by Esther Safran FoerWhen the author's mother casually mentions an astonishing revelation — that her father had a previous wife and daughter, both killed in the Holocaust — Esther Foer resolves to find the truth. A moving story not only of Foer’s journey but of four generations living in the shadow of the Holocaust.
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In the Land of Men: A Memoir by Adrienne MillerA fiercely personal memoir about coming of age in the male-dominated literary world of the nineties, becoming the first female literary editor of Esquire, and the author's personal and working relationship with writer David Foster Wallace.
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James Monroe: A Life by Tim McGrathCritically acclaimed author, Tim McGrath, has delved into an astonishing array of primary sources to conjure up this remarkable portrait of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform thirteen colonies into a vibrant and mighty republic.
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The Man in the Red Coat by Julian BarnesFrom the Man Booker Prize-winning author, Julian Barnes, comes a witty, revelatory tour of Belle Époque Paris, via the remarkable life story of the pioneering surgeon, Samuel Pozzi.
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Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship With Patsy Cline by Loretta LynnCountry artist, Loretta Lynn, and her daughter share the previously undisclosed story of Lynn's deep bond with fellow music legend, Patsy Cline, to discuss such topics as their creative collaborations and Cline's untimely death.
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Investigative journalist and former Moscow correspondent Catherine Belton reveals theuntold story of how Vladimir Putin and the small group of KGB men surrounding him rose to power and looted their country.
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The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison by Jason Matthew HardyA former New Orleans parole officer shares the intertwining stories of seven parolees to reveal shortcomings in a criminal justice system that does not provide former inmates with the tools they need to survive.
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1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth NortonA Pulitzer Prize finalist and 2018 president of the American Historical Association examines the critical “long year” of 1774 and the revolutionary change that took place from December 1773 to mid-April 1775, from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracyby David FrumDavid Frum, senior editor at the Atlantic and former speech writer for George W. Bush, looks at the causes of our tragic national fragmentation and lays out a plan to restore a democracy at home—and renew American leadership abroad.
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