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Biography and Memoir January 2024 |
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| American Shield: The Immigrant Sergeant Who Defended Democracy by Aquilino Gonell and Susan ShapiroIraq War veteran and former United States Capitol Police officer Aquilino Gonell affectingly recounts his experiences during the January 6, 2021 insurrection, detailing how his injuries sustained from the attacks ended his law enforcement career and later spurred him to publicly testify at the January 6 Select Committee investigation. Try this next: Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th by Harry Dunn. |
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Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice by Ben RothenbergPublished to coincide with her return to tennis, this deeply reported, revealing biography of the Haitian-American/Japanese phenomenon and activist chronicles her rise to fame and the incredible impact she's had on the game and on social justice as she advocates for racial justice and mental health.
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| Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differencesby Jedidiah JenkinsDecades after his parents, Peter and Barbara, famously walked across America (which they chronicled in their 1981 book The Walk West), Jedidiah Jenkins traveled the same route by car, with Barbara along for the ride. Throughout the journey, the two reckoned with their fraught relationship, their conflicting political views, and Barbara's rejection of Jedidiah's sexuality. Try this next: Oh My Mother! A Memoir in Nine Adventures by Connie Wang. |
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Borderline: Defending the Home Front by Vincent VargasA former U.S. Border Patrol agent who also served in Iraq and Afghanistan provides an in-depth, never-before-seen look into from the agency's origins to its current missions on the Mexican border.
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Nothing is Missing: A Memoir of Living Boldly by Nicole WaltersIn this riveting memoir, the daughter of Ghanian immigrants who became a self-made multimillionaire shares her struggles and challenges, including a health crisis that threatened the family she worked so hard to build, and how she created the life she wanted using the strength she had within herself all along.
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| The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life: Lessons Learned About Love and Death, Sex and Sin... by Mick Peterson, Bill Lyons, Robert Reeves, and Jessay MartinBeloved TikTok sensation @theoldgays dish on life, love, and social media stardom in this upbeat and irreverent blend of memoir and guidebook that "celebrates making the most of life at any age" (Publishers Weekly). For fans of: How Y'all Doing? Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan. |
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| Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song by Judith TickMusic historian Judith Tick's comprehensive and well-researched biography of trailblazing jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald utilizes concert footage, interviews, and rare archival materials to offer an insightful portrait of the "First Lady of Song." Try this next: Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan by Elaine M. Hayes. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
336-703-3030forsythlibrary.org |
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