5 must-read biography memoir books like On Borrowed Breath: A memoir of faith, love and advocating through a health crisis by Karen Campbell Wilkinson

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On Borrowed Breath: A memoir of faith, love and advocating through a health crisis

By: Karen Campbell Wilkinson

4.39

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

What do you do when the love of your life is hanging by a thread? This is the reality that I found…

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1. En Route: A Paramedic's Stories of Life, Death, and Everything in Between

By: Steven "Kelly" Grayson

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Stephen "Kelly" Grayson has seen the best of us at our worst. When hearts stop working, when blood … read more

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2. Running From The Mirror

By: Howard Shulman

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that devoured his nose, l… read more

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"Perhaps my story was never about my face but about the journey to arrive at a place of grace, which was far better than anything I could ever have imagined."

-Howard Shulman, Running From The Mirror

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3. 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

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"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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4. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal

By: Aphrodite Jones

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more

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5. Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist

By: Ed Patrick

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford'It's funny, touching a… read more

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6. 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

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7. Married to the Man Who Washed Himself Away: A memoir: The true story of how obsession tore a family apart

By: Joan Leech

4.27

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

This extraordinary true story will move you to tears and inspire you to never give up. Set in No… read more

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8. Cruise Ship SOS: The Life-Saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea

By: Ben MacFarlane

4.42

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens to patients when it all goes wrong at sea? Say hello to Dr Ben MacFarlane. After spen… read more

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  • biography memoir
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9. Life Support: Surviving Guillain-Barre Syndrome - A Mother's Story of Hope and Recovery

By: Holly Frances

4.51

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Weeks after giving birth, Holly Frances went from being a healthy 26-year-old new mom to paralyzed … read more

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10. Stat: Crazy Medical Stories: Volume 1

By: David Berg

3.56

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

BONUS BOOK INCLUDED WITH KINDLE! Extraordinary encounters. Unexpected humor. Endless challenges.… read more

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11. On Scene: More Stories of Life, Death and Everything In Between (A Paramedic's Stories of Life, Death and Everything In Between Book 2)

By: Steven "Kelly" Grayson

4.62

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

“Joy and tragedy are flip sides of the same coin. If you insulate yourself against the pain of feel… read more

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12. Before I'm Gone

By: Heidi McLaughlin

4.45

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin tells a poignant story about living life to the … read more

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13. Everything is Perfect: A Memoir

By: Kate Nason

4.17

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Seven years into her second marriage, Kate Nason discovered her husband was cheating on her. Then, … read more

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14. 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

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15. 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

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16. I Almost Lost Her : A memoir of unthinkable tragedy

By: Andre Xavier

4.32

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

André Xavier’s life was forever changed by a single phone call on a sunny September morning. On … read more

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17. Without Any Warning: Casualties of a Caribbean Vacation

By: Stefanie Schaffer

4.61

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Without Any Warning is a first-hand account of the accident that changed Stefanie Schaffer’s life—b… read more

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Cover of Damaged: After the coma, after the headlines, the story of a family by Janet Smuga

18. Damaged: After the coma, after the headlines, the story of a family

By: Janet Smuga

4.12

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Damaged is a story of survivor's guilt coupled with resentment tempered by love. It reveals the cha… read more

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19. Uncomfortably Numb: a memoir about the life-altering diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

By: Meredith O'Brien

4.32

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

It begins with numbness on her left leg. Then it spreads. Even though an MRI finds a “mass” on her … read more

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20. 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

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21. On Borrowed Breath: A memoir of faith, love and advocating through a health crisis

By: Karen Campbell Wilkinson

4.39

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

What do you do when the love of your life is hanging by a thread? This is the reality that I found… read more

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22. Stage 5: A Cancer Journey

By: David Chill

4.44

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Stage 5: A Cancer Journey . This book tells the remarkable story of how David Chill overcame a term… read more

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23. 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

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24. Summer of Cancer: Wife. Mother. Survivor.

By: Emily Alspach

4.43

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

A thirty-six year old mother of three shares personal journey through breast cancer and treatments.… read more

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25. Stat: Crazy Medical Stories: Volume 4

By: David Berg

4.24

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

-Extraordinary encounters. Unexpected humor. Endless challenges. Life-threatening diseases. Unthink… read more

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26. And the Night Has Yet to Come (Surgeon's Life #1)

By: Yael Dreznik

4.41

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

It takes forever to get to the trauma unit. First the stairs, then a long corridor at the end of wh… read more

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27. Don't Ms With Me: Multiple Sclerosis (When Nothing Goes To Plan)

By: Morgan Mansell

4.66

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t MS With Me is the captivating and inspirational story of a young woman’s multiple sclerosis j… read more

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28. The Summer I Died Twenty Times: Because Lightning Does Strike the Same Spot Twice

By: Fred Rutman

3.85

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"Hello. My name is Fred. And I've been dead. Numerous times." This is the true account of the medi… read more

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

29. 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

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"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 My life changed overnight: Surviving Brain Cancer by Audrey Scott

30. My life changed overnight: Surviving Brain Cancer

By: Audrey Scott

3.95

Format: 83 pages, Kindle Edition

This book features a heart-breaking yet motivational story of a young woman going through the hards… read more

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31. Daydreams & Diaries: Taylor's Time

By: Taylor Black

4.12

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

One of Taylor's poems from the book, right after her first brain tumor operation.The doctor gave th… read more

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16 Best nonfiction books like Cruise Ship SOS: The Life-Saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea by Ben MacFarlane

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Philip Allen Green

4.33

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4.41

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