16 best-selling memoir books like Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York by Elizabeth Passarella

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Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

By: Elizabeth Passarella

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"For a woman who thinks of herself as a New Yorker at this point, I buy a lot of clothes from compa…

If you liked the memoir plot in Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York by Elizabeth Passarella , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Giddy Up, Eunice: Because Women Need Each Other

By: Sophie Hudson

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

It’s easy for women to focus on what seems to separate differences in age, parenting styles, caree… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hudson's Giddy Up, Eunice: Because Women Need Each Other book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • memoir
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn

By: Melanie Shankle

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“There is really no better indicator you’re a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up i… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Shankle's Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"...motherhood is the thing in a woman's life that catches her by total and complete surprise."

-Melanie Shankle, Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn

"Real motherhood is different. It's better and it's messier and it's more complicated. It will break your heart and make you laugh harder than you ever imagined. You find yourself alternating between …"

-Melanie Shankle, Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn

"God gives us these raw, little people, and we have to form them and mold them and teach them how to operate in society. And if we get a glimpse of all the ugliness that lies right beneath our own pol…"

-Melanie Shankle, Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn

"I watched her with the crab as she ignored all my admonitions that the poor crab just needed to be set free if he was to have any chance of surviving. And God showed up there on that beach to teach m…"

-Melanie Shankle, Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn

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3. The World's Largest Man: A Memoir

By: Harrison Scott Key

3.64

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Harrison Scott Key was born in Memphis, but he grew up in Mississippi, among pious Bible-reading wo… read more

Similar categories in Harrison Scott Key's The World's Largest Man: A Memoir book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

4. The Antelope in the Living Room: The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life

By: Melanie Shankle

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Welcome to the story of a "real" marriage. Marriage is simultaneously the biggest blessing and the … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Shankle's The Antelope in the Living Room: The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

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5. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

By: Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more

Similar categories in Harrison Scott Key's How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

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6. I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

By: Shauna Niequist

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When everything we've been clinging to falls apart, how do we know what to keep and what to let go … read more

Similar categories in Shauna Niequist's I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • memoir
  • christianity
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs

By: Laura Tremaine

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Offering a path for a new way to think about friendships, The Life Council will inspire and equip y… read more

Similar categories in Laura Tremaine's The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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8. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

Similar categories in John Mark Comer's Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more

Similar categories in Emily P. Freeman's How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • memoir
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

Similar categories in Beth Moore's All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • christianity
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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11. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

By: Savannah Guthrie

4.36

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different w… read more

Similar categories in Savannah Guthrie's Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • memoir
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every i…"

-Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

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12. Sandwich

By: Catherine Newman

3.75

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Newman's Sandwich book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"

-Catherine Newman, Sandwich

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13. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

By: Esau McCaulley

4.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more

Similar categories in Esau McCaulley's How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"

-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

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14. Congratulations, the Best is Over!

By: R. Eric Thomas

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and … read more

Similar categories in R. Eric Thomas's Congratulations, the Best is Over! book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If I'm not heading toward a place where I can feel joy, then hope in the present has nothing to hold on to."

-R. Eric Thomas, Congratulations, the Best is Over!

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15. Ghosted: An American Story

By: Nancy French

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more

Similar categories in Nancy French's Ghosted: An American Story book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself

By: Melanie Shankle

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Big Mama blog founder and New York Times bestselling author Melanie Shankle helps us sort through o… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Shankle's On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

By: Elizabeth Passarella

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"For a woman who thinks of herself as a New Yorker at this point, I buy a lot of clothes from compa… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • new york
  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • christianity
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life

By: Amanda Held Opelt

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Discover what it means to be blessed and challenge the false beliefs many in the church hold about … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Held Opelt's Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Logic doesn't always hold up against the complexity of real life. Our equations fail us. Our formulas break down and reasons escape us. We carry blessing, and we carry curse. Life is paradox. It cann…"

-Amanda Held Opelt, Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life

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19. Congratulations, Who Are You Again?

By: Harrison Scott Key

4.05

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

A Good Housekeeping Book of the Month This funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winn… read more

Similar categories in Harrison Scott Key's Congratulations, Who Are You Again? book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Is a mother excited the baby's going to come out? Yes, yes, of course, so she can take a bath in a vat of gin."

-Harrison Scott Key, Congratulations, Who Are You Again?

"My salary increased from $30,000 per year to $50,000, which, after taxes and student loan and car payments, came to forty dollars."

-Harrison Scott Key, Congratulations, Who Are You Again?

"I wanted to share the new [written] work with my wife, but decided not to, as she was pregnant and now generally only answered questions about nachos."

-Harrison Scott Key, Congratulations, Who Are You Again?

"I tried church [to meet guys],' she said. 'I bet you hate it.' 'I do.' I couldn't argue with that. Churches can be frightening places, full of friendly old people."

-Harrison Scott Key, Congratulations, Who Are You Again?

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20. It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories

By: Lisa-Jo Baker

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An honest and lyrical coming-of-age memoir of growing up in South Africa at the height of apartheid… read more

Similar categories in Lisa-Jo Baker's It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • faith
  • biography memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. A Fine Sight to See: Leading Because You Were Made for It

By: Sophie Hudson

4.59

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

With relatable stories and disarming grace, popular podcaster and author Sophie Hudson cuts through… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hudson's A Fine Sight to See: Leading Because You Were Made for It book and Elizabeth Passarella's Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  • christian
  • nonfiction

18 Top audiobook books like Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York by Elizabeth Passarella

Transform Your Habits

Giddy Up, Eunice: Because Women Need Each Other

Sophie Hudson

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The World's Largest Man: A Memoir

Harrison Scott Key

3.64

Transform Your Habits

How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Transform Your Habits

I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

Shauna Niequist

4.01

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12 Best audiobook books like Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

Transform Your Habits

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Jennie Allen

4.24

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