Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
By: Gail Caldwell
3.96
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
In Let’s Take the Long Walk Home, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gail Caldwell has written a powerfu…
Want to Read $ 11.99"The real hell of this," he told her, "is that you're going to get through it."-Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
"The real hell of this," he told her, "is that you're going to get through it."-Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
"The real hell of this," he told her, "is that you're going to get through it."-Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
"What they never tell you about grief is that missing someone is the simple part."-Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
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1. My Own Two Feet: A Memoir
By: Beverly Cleary
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
This second installment of the Newbery Medalist's autobiography (after A Girl from Yamhill) begins … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
2. Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love & Karaoke
By: Rob Sheffield
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Hardcover
An emotional journey of hilarity and heartbreak with a karaoke soundtrack, in the spirit of Rob She… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
3. My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life
By: Ruth Reichl
3.50
Format: 93 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER In the fall of 2009, the food world was rocked when Gourmetmagazine was ab… read more
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- biography memoir
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4. Drinking: A Love Story
By: Caroline Knapp
4.09
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
The roots of alcoholism in the life of a brilliant daughter of an upper-class family are explored i… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
"When you quit drinking you stop waiting."-Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story
"That was my favorite line: I'll drink less when things get better."-Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story
"The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind."-Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story
"To a drinker the sensation is real and pure and akin to something spiritual: you seek; in the bottle, you find."-Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story
5. A Drinking Life: A Memoir
By: Pete Hamill
3.72
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
20 years after his last drink Pete Hamill looks back on his early life. As a child during the depre… read more
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6. So Brave, Young and Handsome
By: Leif Enger
3.60
Format: 212 pages,
A stunning successor to his best selling novel "Peace Like a River," Leif Enger's new work is a rug… read more
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7. Appetites: Why Women Want
By: Caroline Knapp
4.41
Format: None pages,
"Where are the lines between satisfaction and excess, between restraint and indulgence, between ple… read more
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8. Sellevision
By: Augusten Burroughs
4.40
Format: None pages,
The hilarious first novel by the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors, Dry, A Wolf at the… read more
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10. The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
By: Vivian Gornick
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A guide to the art of personal writing, by the author of Fierce Attachmentsand The End of the Novel… read more
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11. Forgiven: The Amish School Shooting, a Mother’s Love, and a Story of Remarkable Grace
By: Jeanette Windle , Terri Roberts
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
After a son does the unthinkable, how can a mother go on? On October 2, 2006, a gunman entered an A… read more
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12. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
By: Alexandra Fuller
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Selected by The New York Times Book Reviewas a Notable Book of the Year Alexandra Fuller returns to… read more
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13. You're the Only One I Can Tell This to: Women, Friendship, and the Power of Conversation
By: Deborah Tannen
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Audio CD
Through research into the unique way women talk to one another, this validating and illuminating an… read more
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14. Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops 1951 - 2014
By: Emily Herbert
3.59
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A thoughtful look at the brilliant life and tragic death of a comedy icon At midday on August 11, 2… read more
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15. Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs
By: Caroline Knapp
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
At the age of 36, Caroline Knapp, author of the acclaimed bestseller Drinking: A Love Story, found … read more
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16. Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
By: Lynda Barry
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
The award-winning author Lynda Barry is the creative force behind the genre-defying and bestselling… read more
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17. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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- relationships
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
18. Last House
By: Jessica Shattuck
3.64
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more
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- audiobook
19. Grief Is for People
By: Sloane Crosley
3.91
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- death
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Grief is for people, not things."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People
20. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
By: Roxanna Asgarian
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. The Best American Short Stories 2023
By: Min Jin Lee
3.77
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee… read more
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- audiobook
22. You Could Make This Place Beautiful
By: Maggie Smith
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful
23. One Way Back: A Memoir
By: Christine Blasey Ford
4.30
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
24. Fi: A Memoir of My Son
By: Alexandra Fuller
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
25. Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
By: Gail Caldwell
3.96
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
In Let’s Take the Long Walk Home, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gail Caldwell has written a powerfu… read more
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- relationships
- biography
- memoir
- dogs
- death
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
"The real hell of this," he told her, "is that you're going to get through it."-Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
"What they never tell you about grief is that missing someone is the simple part."-Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
"Hope in the beginning feels like such a violation of the loss, and yet without it we couldn't survive."-Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
"It's and old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too."-Gail Caldwell, Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
26. We All Want Impossible Things
By: Catherine Newman
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your … read more
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- audiobook
- death
"In the end there’s more beauty in the imperfection."-Catherine Newman, We All Want Impossible Things
27. Clean(ish): Eat (Mostly) Clean, Live (Mainly) Clean, and Unlock Your Body's Natural Ability to Self-Clean
By: Gin Stephens
3.66
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Clean(ish) leads readers to a focus on real foods and a healthier home environment free of obvious … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Consent: A Memoir
By: Jill Ciment
3.96
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
29. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
By: Chantha Nguon
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
30. All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir
By: Erin Lee Carr
3.76
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An acclaimed documentary filmmaker comes to terms with her larger-than-life father, the late New Yo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"No one gets to choose the traits they inherit from their parents."-Erin Lee Carr, All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir
"The reward for achievement is a hunger for more, a blessing that lives inside a curse."-Erin Lee Carr, All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir
"We love being your parents, but we also like being your fellow travelers on this part of the road."-Erin Lee Carr, All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir
"He told us we had to be careful about who we told our story to, but he wouldn’t let us hide from it ourselves."-Erin Lee Carr, All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir
31. A Beginner's Guide to Living in an RV: Everything I Wish I Knew Before Full-Time RVing Across America (RV Travel Books Book 1)
By: Alyssa Padgett
4.23
Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition
UPDATED 2022 EDITION When my husband and I started full-time RVing, we knew nothing about RV living… read more
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- nonfiction
