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Based on her essay, 'She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box,' which appeared in the NYT 'Modern Love' column, 'Did I Ever Tell You' is an extraordinary memoir that tells the astonishing story of a mothers last gifts to her daughter, and the wisdom and love she bestowed upon her from beyond the grave.
2) So, Tell Me
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Have you ever wondered what a life of travel was like at a young age? Have you ever wondered how it would be meeting new people all the time growing up? Could you imagine strangers helping to watch you while your mother was sick? Can you fathom never making friends because you knew those relationships wouldn't last? How grown up was a child expected to be or not be? Feelings of adventure, fear, sadness, and pure love all wrapped into this real-life...
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"Just the Tip" exposes the personal life and real experiences of one of Las Vegas's top VIP cocktail servers. This memoir illustrates the raw, scandalous reality of what it takes to get hired with the top venues, keep up with the Vegas lifestyle, and what some are willing to do for just the tip.
5) Just Shelly
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About the Book Just Shelly: A Survivor's Story is a poignant memoir about abuse, childhood trauma, and the ability to heal. Michelle Smith was born into a life of violence. After her mother endured physical abuse at the hands of Michelle's father, her mother finally took a stand when Michelle became his next potential victim, saving her from experiencing the abuse herself. This security would not last, however, as Michelle's mother eventually married...
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Ken Budd's The Voluntourist is a remarkable memoir about losing your father, accepting your fate, and finding your destiny by volunteering around the world for numerous worthy causes: Hurricane Katrina disaster relief in New Orleans, helping special needs children in China, studying climate change in Ecuador, lending a hand-and a heart-at a Palestinian refugee camp in the Middle East, to name but a few. Ken's emotional journey is as inspiring and...
7) The Bus Trip
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In the heart-wrenching memoir, The Bus Trip, a mother revisits the poignant journey of love, strength, and indomitable spirit as she navigates the most devastating loss of her life – the passing of her vibrant daughter, Susu. From the exuberant days of Susu's childhood, filled with laughter, teenager years filled happiness and togetherness, college years and blossoming into a young adult with a future so bright, the incredible bond of a mother...
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Get the Summary of Nancy Sprowell Geise's Auschwitz 34207 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Auschwitz 34207" by Nancy Sprowell Geise tells the harrowing story of Joe Rubinstein, a Jewish man from Radom, Poland, whose life is irrevocably changed by the Holocaust. The narrative begins with Joe's early life in Radom, filled with family love and Jewish tradition, before shifting to the brutal reality of Nazi occupation....
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In the second book of this ongoing series, Royce continues his journey of self-discovery from age 14 to 18, as trauma lurks trying to hide him from himself.
Navigating life's pains, strains and hardships while attempting to find oneself is a winding path travelled as best one can. Though often unaware, Royce moves slowly yet steadily forward despite the darkness. Dangers explode without warning - hidden perils that scar his soul and edge him further...
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First Darling of the Morning is the powerful and poignant memoir of bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, tracing the arc of her Bombay childhood and adolescence from her earliest memories to her eventual departure for the United States at age twenty-one. It is an evocative, emotionally charged story of a young life steeped in paradox; of a middle-class Parsi girl attending Catholic school in a predominantly Hindu city; of a guilt-ridden stranger in...
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This action-packed thrilling adventure story, based on the author's own experiences, is triggered by a gang of arsonists setting fire to the Amazon rainforest while blackmailing governments to stop them doing so. This results in the Major, a ruthless mercenary, being employed by Bob, a multibillionaire, to help him tackle climate change head on. But the task almost ends in disaster when his aircraft is brought down into the blazing forest by an arsonist's...
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Growing up in Beverly Hills with two famous uncles - a cosmetics magnate and a well-connected mobster - eventually led Ilene Médecin to a romantic and glamorous life as the American First Lady of Nice and the French Riviera. "Arrested" follows Ilene through her marriage to Jacques Médecin, a Medici Count fondly known as "King Jacquou," who was the last scion of a century old political dynasty. Her unique experience is from the perspective of an...
13) Crystal Clear
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Fran Stewart, award-winning & national best-selling author of three ScotShop mysteries and eleven Biscuit McKee mysteries, offers here the final volume of her "mini-memoirs," daily musings taken from the popular Facebook author page she posted on from 2012 through 2020. Her unique take on life continues this four-volume legacy: Clear as Mud (parts 1 & 2), Clearly Me, and now the concluding book, Crystal Clear. If you're the kind of person who would...
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What does it take to get from the tough streets of London to the glitz and glamour of the Playboy Mansion?
Author Zoë Gregory takes readers on a journey through the rave scene of her rebellious youth to the stark reality of young motherhood and the economic pressures that drove her to reimagine her future. With hard work, strategic thinking, and a touch of manifestation, Zoë set her sights on Hollywood and never looked back.
Now, Zoë reflects...
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A star science journalist with Parkinson's reveals the inner workings of this perplexing disease.
Seven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's-with sixty thousand new cases diagnosed each year in the US alone-and it remains an enigma, with doctors, researchers and patients hunting for a cure. In Brain Storms, award-winning journalist Jon Palfreman tells their story, a story that takes on urgency when he is diagnosed with the debilitating...
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Readers are invited to step into the protagonist's shoes, contemplating how they might navigate the events and characters encountered amidst the life journey portrayed in this book. This exercise aims to deepen the understanding of the adages 'character is destiny' and the profound truth in the saying, 'there's no unattainable action, only unthought possibilities.' Thanks to the author's optimistic nature and rich experience from decades as a stage...
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Shortlisted, Adelaide Festival Literary Awards.
The sourcebook for the film Hemingway in Spain, this hybrid work melds several Hemingway "voices", the author, the "Hemingway Hero", and the author projecting the Hemingway consciousness and aesthetic on a contemporary Spanish landscape.
"The poems stitch you into a tapestry...with loose threads left hanging just to trip you up if you become complacent." Bev Braune, Australian Book Review.
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Dive deep into a saga that blurs the lines between fiction and reality, spanning a century from the 1850s to 1950s. This tale, inspired by true events, unravels the intricate tapestry of a family I was adopted into – a lineage rife with hedonism, deceit, and dark desires.
Each character in this sprawling family epic is a study in contrasts: driven by their insatiable passions, they navigate a world laden with amorality, neuroses, and intense eroticism....
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El evento más importante de la vida: el nacimiento de un hijo. Nacieron en casa relata, desde la mirada sensible de un padre, el proceso del embarazo y del parto natural en casa durante los meses más crudos de la cuarentena y la parte final de la pandemia de covid-19.
La obra desarrolla los procesos particulares que vivió al acompañar a su pareja en la decisión de evitar los hospitales para la llegada de sus próximos hijos. Además, reflexiona...
20) Behind Blue Eyes
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Behind Blue Eyes opens a window into a journey not just through time, but through the tapestry of life itself. Where do the threads of our stories begin? Perhaps a few years back in the blush of youth, or maybe in a distant decade, or even another century. This book isn't just a story; it's a revelation, an uncovering of beginnings and the surprising events that follow.
Life, in its essence, is an unpredictable journey. We traverse its path without...
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