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#1
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child neglect and abuseshort little chaptersshocking and jaw droppingpoverty and homelessnessMORE THAN EIGHT YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST
The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly) m...See Full Details
Liked The Glass Castle?
#2
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME
"Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King's On Wr...See Full Details
Liked On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft?
#3
The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessio...See Full Details
Liked Confessions?
#4
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a door to historysad and moving bookin first persongood and honestDiscovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic-a powerful remin...See Full Details
Liked The Diary of a Young Girl?
#5
In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and trul...See Full Details
Liked Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story?
#6
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entertaining and illustratingself deprecating humorinsightful and sarcasticsharp, funny, and perceptiveSpirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known ...See Full Details
Liked Bossypants?
#7
Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen o...See Full Details
Liked I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
#8
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coming of age memoirshallow & almost banaldisturbing but compellingwitty, funny, and bizarreThe #1 New York Times Bestseller
An Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year...See Full Details
Liked Running with Scissors?
#9
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adventure and sillinesshow she learnedinspirationalher earliest memories before her teacher arrivedAt the age of nineteen months, Helen Keller became deaf and blind after a serious illness. With the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Helen overcame...See Full Details
Liked The Story of My Life?
#10
"I pray that God forgive them…"
Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a concentration camp matron beating a prisoner. "Oh...See Full Details
Liked The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom?
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