Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family
By: Mark Daley
4.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A candid, unforgettable, and often hilarious memoir of two dads daunting quest for fatherhood. A…
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1. To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
By: Cris Beam
2.83
Format: 288 pages, ebook
"Beam presents both a sharp critique of foster-care policies and a searching exploration of the mea… read more
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2. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- fostering
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
3. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
By: Stephanie Land
3.62
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
4. 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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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. Sociopath: A Memoir
By: Patric Gagne
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more
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- biography
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- adult
- audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
6. My Side of the River
By: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and wh… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
By: Crystal Hefner
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
9. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds
By: Michelle Horton
4.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
10. Did I Ever Tell You?
By: Genevieve Kingston
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Based on her "Modern Love" piece ("She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box"), this extraordinar… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
11. Stranger Care
By: Sarah Sentilles
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
After their decision not to have a biological child, Sarah Sentilles and her husband, Eric, decide … read more
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- parenting
- biography
- memoir
- fostering
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Do you have kids?" strangers asked almost every day. "No," I said, not wanting to explain, because, really, it's an unimaginative question, full of their beliefs about what family means, about who co…"-Sarah Sentilles, Stranger Care
"People who learned Eric and I wanted to adopt a child often told us stories of adoptions gone wrong. The adopted child incapable of attachment. Who became a drug addict, a runaway, who drained bank a…"-Sarah Sentilles, Stranger Care
12. Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services―Notes of a Former Caseworker
By: Jessica Pryce
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow , a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed inves… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
13. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
By: Gretchen Sisson
4.38
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- parenting
- audiobook
14. Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol
By: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay , a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family
By: Mark Daley
4.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A candid, unforgettable, and often hilarious memoir of two dads daunting quest for fatherhood. A… read more
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- audiobook
- parenting
- biography
- memoir
- fostering
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
16. Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story
By: Keren Blankfeld
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Mesmerizing and inspirational.”—Judy Batalion, New York Times bestselling author of The Light of D… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
17. If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America
By: Vicki Sokolik
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
18. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
By: Pamela Prickett
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon—the rising number of unclai… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
By: Shefali Luthra
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, intimate investigation into the experience of seeking an abortion after the fall of Roe … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. I Can Fix This: And Other Lies I Told Myself While Parenting My Struggling Child
By: Kristina Kuzmic
4.70
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still, the emotionally charged and eye-opening account o… read more
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- parenting
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant
By: Stephanie Kiser
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all… When S… read more
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- biography
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
