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• Awake

  A Memoir

  Hatmaker, Jen,

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  Jen Hatmaker was a best-selling author when her 26-year marriage imploded. This is Hatmaker's story of surviving that, finding herself and finding love again. A friend asked me to give this a five word review and I said, "moving, inspiring, sad,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blessings and Disasters

  A Story of Alabama

  Okeowo, Alexis,

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  Alexis Okeowo is a staff writer for the New Yorker. With the combination of personal stories, historical research and reporting Okeowo shares the story of her home state of Alabama. Her personal and journalistic insights give this the perfect…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Different Kind of Power

  A Memoir

  Ardern, Jacinda,

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  I didn't know much about Jacinda Ardern but this memoir the former prime minister of New Zealand and the youngest female head of government was fascinating. Her approach to leadership is what I think we need to see more of. The approach she took to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Does This Make Me Funny?

  Essays

  Mamet, Zosia,

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  Zosia Mamet is best know as Shoshanna on HBO's Girls TV show. This is a random collection of essays, some funny and some sad but all real. Mamet reads the audio version.

• Don't Call It a Comeback

  What Happened When I Stopped Chasing Prs, and Started Chasing Happiness

  D'Amato, Keira,

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  Keira D'Amato was an All-American runner but was plagued with injuries and assumed in her early 20s that her competitive running career was over. She settled into a life she enjoyed, being a military-wife and mother. In her 30s she found herself a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fetishized

  A Reckoning With Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty

  Yu, Kaila,

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  In this memoir in essays, Kaila Yu explores feminism, beauty standards, yellow fever and the many stereotypes about Asian women, their sexuality and their physical bodies. This was a powerful, honest and real memoir.

• Hotshot

  A Life on Fire

  Selby, River,

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  From 2000 to 2010, River Selby was a wildland firefighter and in this memoir they shares their experiences, observations and struggles doing a job dominated by men. Selby is a gifted writer and storyteller and this was a fascinating story that at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• House of Smoke

  A Southerner Goes Searching for Home

  Edge, John T,

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  John T Edge is the author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South but this book is his personal story. Edge had become a powerful voice in the food-world but then found himself denounced by the those he thought he was trying to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Marriage at Sea

  A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

  Elmhirst, Sophie,

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  This is the amazing story of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey’s 118 days adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Sophie Elmhirst does an amazing job of telling the couple's story through her extensive research. As other reviewers have noted I had to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Next of Kin

  A Memoir

  Hamilton, Gabrielle,

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  While listening to this I did not make the connection that Gabrielle Hamilton was author of the food memoir Blood, Bones and Butter (Listen with Liz - November 2020). She was the owner and chef of Prune. This memoir is about her chaotic and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 107 Days

  Harris, Kamala,

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  Kamala Harris shares what it was really like to run for the presidency in 2024 with just 107 to campaign. Harris is open and honest about her own mistakes as well as those made by others. She reads the audio version.

• Poets Square

  A Memoir in Thirty Cats

  Gustafson, Courtney,

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  Courtney Gustafson had no idea when she moved into a rental house in the Poets Square neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona that it had 30 feral cats on it. Gustafson was working on her own life and really didn't plan to continue caring for the cats. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sister Wife

  A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom

  Brown Woolley, Christine,

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  Christine Brown Woolley was one of the stars of TLC's show Sister Wives and this is her story. She became the third wife of Kody Brown and thought she had finally found the big family she always wanted. Woolley shares her story here from coming to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Still Bobbi

  Brown, Bobbi,

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  Bobbi Brown tells her story of building her make-up business, then brand then rebuilding another brand. She is honest, funny and real. This was a quick read/listen and she reads the audio version.

• Successful Failure

  Lessons Learned Flat on My Face

  Fredericks, Kevin,

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  Kevin Fredericks who is known to many as KevOnStage shares his story of his successful and award-winning career. As the title implies it was not always a smooth path nor was it quick. Fredricks reads the audio version which made me feel like I was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Happened to Me

  A Memoir

  Price, Kate,

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  This was a hard listen the abuse and exploitation Kate Price suffered at the hands of her father is awful. While hearing her story was a times painful it was also joyful and inspiring hearing about how she overcame it all going from victim to…Read moreRead more of this annotation