18 Top memoir books like Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings by Diane Bay

Cover of Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings by Diane Bay

Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

By: Diane Bay

4.32

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming and bittersweet true mother-daughter story. Finding Karen Black begins with the d…

If you liked the memoir plot in Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings by Diane Bay , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me by Alex Tresniowski, Paul Joseph Fronczak

1. The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

By: Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundlingtells the incredible and ins… read more

Similar categories in Alex Tresniowski's The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1) by Tom J. Bross

2. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.25

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

Similar categories in Tom J. Bross's Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1) book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"One of my nipples is noticeably larger than the other two."

-Tom J. Bross, Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

Cover of Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #2) by Tom J. Bross

3. Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #2)

By: Tom J. Bross

4.52

Format: 311 pages, ebook

Don’t Call Me Jupiter is a true coming-of-age memoir of psychedelic adventure about growing up in a… read more

Similar categories in Tom J. Bross's Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #2) book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • memoir
Cover of Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West by Marty Ohlhaut

4. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

Similar categories in Marty Ohlhaut's Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

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5. The American Girl

By: Rachael English

4.17

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Boston 1968. Rose Moroney is seventeen, smart, spirited – and pregnant. She wants to marry her boyf… read more

Similar categories in Rachael English's The American Girl book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • adoption
Cover of The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz by Sara Leibovits

6. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

By: Sara Leibovits

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the… read more

Similar categories in Sara Leibovits's The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine by J. Thomas Grant

7. The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine

By: J. Thomas Grant

4.54

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Extraordinary encounters. Life-threatening diseases. Heroic actions. Instantaneous decisions. Unima… read more

Similar categories in J. Thomas Grant's The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson

8. Enough

By: Cassidy Hutchinson

4.31

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more

Similar categories in Cassidy Hutchinson's Enough book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder by Ken Englade

9. Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder

By: Ken Englade

3.90

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking murder that exposed a devoted husband as a cold-hearted killer To Love, Honor-And Mur… read more

Similar categories in Ken Englade's Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
Cover of Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs by Amanda Lamb

10. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs

By: Amanda Lamb

4.01

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

A perfect life. A perfect lie. When Nancy Cooper moved from Canada to Cary, North Carolina with he… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lamb's Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
Cover of Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging by Julie Ryan McGue

11. Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging

By: Julie Ryan McGue

4.25

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack bo… read more

Similar categories in Julie Ryan McGue's Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adoption
Cover of Two Women Walk into a Bar by Cheryl Strayed

12. Two Women Walk into a Bar

By: Cheryl Strayed

4.06

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things , finds humor and connecti… read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Strayed's Two Women Walk into a Bar book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

13. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

Similar categories in Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of Secrets of a Nun: My Own Story by Elizabeth Upton

14. Secrets of a Nun: My Own Story

By: Elizabeth Upton

4.18

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Secrets of a Nun is a revealing, uncompromisingly honest, and deeply moving look into one woman's s… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Upton's Secrets of a Nun: My Own Story book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

Cover of Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma by John Melithoniotes

15. Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma

By: John Melithoniotes

4.31

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

There is no test of a couple’s bonds like the revelation that one of them has a life-threatening di… read more

Similar categories in John Melithoniotes's Why: A Memoir of Love and Lymphoma book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart by Leslie White

16. Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

By: Leslie White

4.31

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Leslie White knew she wanted more out of life- She found it in an unlikely place.Devastated from th… read more

Similar categories in Leslie White's Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR by Tina Wagner Mattern

17. BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR

By: Tina Wagner Mattern

4.36

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

This memoir is the true, no holds barred story of my incredibly blessed, ridiculously messy life. I… read more

Similar categories in Tina Wagner Mattern's BUTTER SIDE UP, THANK GOD!: A MEMOIR book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida by Anne Hanson

18. Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida

By: Anne Hanson

4.36

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

WHEN ANNE HANSON’S DAD FIRST ASKED her to investigate the secret past of his parents, little did sh… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hanson's Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
Cover of DNA Never Lies: You kept a secret for sixty years. It won't be secret much longer by Sue   George

19. DNA Never Lies: You kept a secret for sixty years. It won't be secret much longer

By: Sue George

4.17

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

You paid the price for wanting what you couldn't have. Now DNA tests threaten to expose what you sp… read more

Similar categories in Sue George's DNA Never Lies: You kept a secret for sixty years. It won't be secret much longer book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

Cover of You'll Forget This Ever Happened by Laura L. Engel

20. You'll Forget This Ever Happened

By: Laura L. Engel

4.61

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Told with heart and grit, honesty and wisdom, You'll Forget This Ever Happened is the poignant stor… read more

Similar categories in Laura L. Engel's You'll Forget This Ever Happened book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adoption
Cover of Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings by Diane Bay

21. Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

By: Diane Bay

4.32

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming and bittersweet true mother-daughter story. Finding Karen Black begins with the d… read more

Similar categories in Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adoption
Cover of Laugh Cry Rewind: A Memoir by Judy Haveson

22. Laugh Cry Rewind: A Memoir

By: Judy Haveson

4.31

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Growing up in 1970s and 80s suburban Houston, Judy Haveson is funny, sarcastic, and fiercely loyal,… read more

Similar categories in Judy Haveson's Laugh Cry Rewind: A Memoir book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
Cover of Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity by Richard Gary Kaye

23. Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity

By: Richard Gary Kaye

4.10

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Richard (Rick) Gary Kaye’s intimate memoir is a riveting story about a devastating family secret hi… read more

Similar categories in Richard Gary Kaye's Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
Cover of I Am Happy: A Memoir of Child Loss by Erin Benson

24. I Am Happy: A Memoir of Child Loss

By: Erin Benson

4.34

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

This is not a story about a boy who lived. Or parents who risked it all to save their child. Or mir… read more

Similar categories in Erin Benson's I Am Happy: A Memoir of Child Loss book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

Cover of I Had My Underwear On The Entire Time: A Memoir of Discovering Family through Genetic Genealogy by Michael  Blair

25. I Had My Underwear On The Entire Time: A Memoir of Discovering Family through Genetic Genealogy

By: Michael Blair

4.49

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

One day when he was eighteen, Michael Blair was lounging on the living room sofa when his mother sh… read more

Similar categories in Michael Blair's I Had My Underwear On The Entire Time: A Memoir of Discovering Family through Genetic Genealogy book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

Cover of True Identity: Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin by Paul Joseph Fronczak

26. True Identity: Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin

By: Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A man desperate to know his true identity struggles to solve the infamous kidnapping that nearly de… read more

Similar categories in Paul Joseph Fronczak's True Identity: Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Crash: How I Became a Reluctant Caregiver by Rachel Michelberg

27. Crash: How I Became a Reluctant Caregiver

By: Rachel Michelberg

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Rachel likes to think of herself as a nice Jewish girl, dedicated to doing what’s honorable, just a… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Michelberg's Crash: How I Became a Reluctant Caregiver book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth by Minu Cash

28. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

By: Minu Cash

4.53

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more

Similar categories in Minu Cash's The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."

-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth

Cover of Junkyard Girl: A Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets, and Second Chances by Carlyn MontesDeOca

29. Junkyard Girl: A Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets, and Second Chances

By: Carlyn MontesDeOca

4.53

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Carlyn Montes De Oca grew up surrounded by secrets. She never knew her dad was a Marine during Worl… read more

Similar categories in Carlyn MontesDeOca's Junkyard Girl: A Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets, and Second Chances book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • memoir
Cover of I Knew You Were There: A Stolen Child’s Search for Her Irish Mother by Marie O'Leary Wydra

30. I Knew You Were There: A Stolen Child’s Search for Her Irish Mother

By: Marie O'Leary Wydra

4.54

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Out-of-wedlock pregnancy was a mortal sin in 1950s Ireland, where unwed pregnant girls were confine… read more

Similar categories in Marie O'Leary Wydra's I Knew You Were There: A Stolen Child’s Search for Her Irish Mother book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

  • nonfiction
Cover of Birthmother: The True Story of a 40-Year Search by Barbara Raye

31. Birthmother: The True Story of a 40-Year Search

By: Barbara Raye

4.03

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Every mother who gives up a baby for adoption probably wonders about the child for the rest of her … read more

Similar categories in Barbara Raye's Birthmother: The True Story of a 40-Year Search book and Diane Bay's Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings

23 Best nonfiction books like Finding Karen Black: Roots Become Wings by Diane Bay

Transform Your Habits

The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

Alex Tresniowski , Paul Joseph Fronczak

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

Tom J. Bross

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

Sara Leibovits

4.35

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Transform Your Habits

Even This I Get to Experience

Norman Lear

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

Rachel Dratch

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

Kate Flannery

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid (Jupiter, #1)

Tom J. Bross

4.25

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