Before My Time: A Memoir of Love and Fate
By: Ami McKay
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON DARTMOUTH BOOK AWARD and the EVELYN RICHARDSON NON-FICTION AWARD …
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1. Inside the O'Briens
By: Lisa Genova
4.00
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
Joe O’Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Charles… read more
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"She was brought up strict Irish Catholic... Protestants were evil, monstrous people and somehow probably contagious, and Katie grew up fearing them, praying to God she'd never see one."-Lisa Genova, Inside the O'Briens
"The room does feel strange, oppressive even, with the TV off. In fact, Katie can’t remember ever being in this room without it on. It’s as if they’re missing their fifth sibling, the one who never sh…"-Lisa Genova, Inside the O'Briens
"You can be in Downward Dog, hating every second of it. Or you can be in this pose, peaceful and nonreactive, breathing calmly. Either way, you’re in this pose. You decide the quality of your experien…"-Lisa Genova, Inside the O'Briens
"I have a son,' says JJ, marveling at the sound and truth of the words... 'You know, I love you and Mom... But I don't even know this baby and the love- ' JJ clears his throat and wipes his suddenly w…"-Lisa Genova, Inside the O'Briens
2. Loving Frank
By: Nancy Horan
3.77
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want… read more
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"Two years in a child's life is the distance between stars."-Nancy Horan, Loving Frank
"People who live only for their children make bad company for them."-Nancy Horan, Loving Frank
"Take my love for granted," he said, "and I shall do the same for you."-Nancy Horan, Loving Frank
"Tell me everything. He might as well have said, “Take off your dress."-Nancy Horan, Loving Frank
3. The Signature of All Things
By: Elizabeth Gilbert
3.87
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York… read more
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"She did not need a library; she was a library."-Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things
"Who will ever kiss this encyclopedia of a head?"-Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things
"The most urgent war is always the one fought at home"-Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things
"Nothing is so essential as dignity…Time will reveal who has it and who has it not."-Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things
4. To The Bright Edge of the World
By: Eowyn Ivey
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Set again in the Alaskan landscape that she bought to stunningly vivid life in The Snow Child, Eowy… read more
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5. The School of Essential Ingredients
By: Erica Bauermeister
3.96
Format: 433 pages,
Reminiscent of Chocolatand Like Water for Chocolate, a gorgeously written novel about life, love, a… read more
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6. Amazing Grace
By: Lesley Crewe
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The new novel from bestselling author Lesley Crewe! Grace Willingdon has everything she needs. For … read more
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7. They Left Us Everything: A Memoir
By: Plum Johnson
3.67
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
After almost twenty years of caring for elderly parents--first for their senile father,and then for… read more
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8. The Adversary
By: Michael Crummey
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more
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9. The Warm Hands of Ghosts
By: Katherine Arden
4.02
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more
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"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts
10. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
11. The Invisible Hour
By: Alice Hoffman
3.61
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magi… read more
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"A book doesn't live when it's written. It lives when it's read."-Alice Hoffman, The Invisible Hour
"Mia now understood that Joel was well aware that once a girl walked into a library she could never be controlled again."-Alice Hoffman, The Invisible Hour
12. Worthy
By: Jada Pinkett Smith
3.64
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
13. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
By: Caitlin Doughty
4.13
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortic… read more
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- nonfiction
"That's why all the questions in this book come from 100 percent ethically sourced, free-range, organic children."-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
"It’s normal to be curious about death. But as people grow up, they internalize this idea that wondering about death is “morbid"-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
"Sometimes death can be violent, sudden, and unbearably sad. But it’s also reality, and reality doesn’t change just because you don’t like it."-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
"I'm bringing body back. Returning corpses, but they're not intact. Kids, this is a Justin Timberlake reference. You're fine not knowing who that is."-Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
14. Greenwood
By: Michael Christie
4.33
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting u… read more
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"There is nothing more quieting than an ancient tree"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Do you know what becomes of men like us without the armour of wealth...?"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Maybe trees do have souls. Which makes wood a kind of flesh. And perhaps instruments of wooden construction sound so pleasing to our ears for this reason: the choral shimmer of a guitar; the heartbea…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Still, Temple has no illusions concerning her library's impact. Her books won't lift anyone from their low station. They won't right wrongs or save wandering souls from perdition or fill grumbling st…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
15. The Red Address Book
By: Sofia Lundberg
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Follows 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her eventful life as she pages through h… read more
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"Nitko nije umro od nekoliko ožiljaka. Bolje ih je imati na koži nego na duši."-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book
"Meni je mjesto bilo među knjigama, ondje sam se osjećala sigurnom i zaštićenom."-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book
"On je bio velik čovjek, moj otac. Ne fizički. Uopće ne. ali njegove su misli bile vrlo velike, prevelike za život koji je vodio."-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book
"Ljudi, koji silno pate za zavičajem, mijenjaju se. Oni zatvaraju oči pred drugim stvarima i gube sposobnost zamjećivanja lijepog."-Sofia Lundberg, The Red Address Book
16. Recipe for a Perfect Wife
By: Karma Brown
3.68
Format: 336 pages, ebook
In this captivating dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left… read more
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"the hardest question we have to ask ourselves in this life is, "Who am I?" Ideally, we answer it for ourselves, but be warned that others will strive to do it for you- so don't let them."-Karma Brown, Recipe for a Perfect Wife
"Even in pain, Nellie understood her role - the wife who bowed to her husband, who apologized for things out of her control, who made his life easier even if it made hers harder. The perfect wife."-Karma Brown, Recipe for a Perfect Wife
"But no matter what, you should never marry someone unless you believe you'll die- one way or another- without that person. They should feel more important to you than oxygen. Otherwise you'll suffoca…"-Karma Brown, Recipe for a Perfect Wife
"Alice made a simple supper of Welsh rarebit (toast points smothered in a sauce of cheddar, cream, dry mustard, and spices) with tomato slices, from Nellie's cookbook, and barbecued sausages, along wi…"-Karma Brown, Recipe for a Perfect Wife
17. I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1)
By: Ian Ferguson
3.28
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A once-famous TV sleuth An amateur theater production An onstage murder A town full of suspects…… read more
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18. Hotline
By: Dimitri Nasrallah
4.15
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more
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"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline
19. Recipe for a Good Life
By: Lesley Crewe
4.34
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel follows a mystery author with writer's block from… read more
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"Become an editor,' they said. 'You love books.' they said. I do love books; I just hate the people who write them."-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life
"I met the Homeville Women's Institute, a whole gaggle of rural women who have monthly meetings to make their community better. They realized that by joining together they had a stronger voice, and th…"-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life
"Life is like a recipe. What do you want in your life cake? What ingredients do you need to make it rise and taste wonderful? Sometimes the simplest recipe is the best, because the more you add to the…"-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life
20. Talking to My Angels
By: Melissa Etheridge
3.95
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
21. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
By: Devon Price
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving in… read more
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- nonfiction
"Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,"-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love."-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength."-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we ca…"-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
22. I've Tried Being Nice: Essays
By: Ann Leary
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from t… read more
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23. The Forgotten Daughter
By: Joanna Goodman
3.90
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
From the author of the bestselling novel The Home for Unwanted Girls, comes another compulsively re… read more
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24. Good Taste
By: Caroline Scott
3.45
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English count… read more
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"I'll permit you to comfort me with soothing words and caresses later."-Caroline Scott, Good Taste
"Stella stood at the queue outside the butcher's shop and tried to pin a name to all the shades of red. Carmine, cadmium, Venetian red, she thought, vermillion, rose madder, magenta."-Caroline Scott, Good Taste
"Stella leaned her head back and saw the sun flashing between rooftops, pale pearly clouds and then the corner of Peter Jones', the windows full of hats and dresses in the spring colors, all geranium …"-Caroline Scott, Good Taste
"What brings you to Gloucestershire?" "I was halfway between Banbury cakes and Bath buns," she said. He raised an eyebrow in response, which made her feel like she'd let a double entendre slip out. "I…"-Caroline Scott, Good Taste
25. The Spoon Stealer
By: Lesley Crewe
4.40
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fi… read more
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"So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day..."-Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer
26. Peace by Chocolate
By: Jon Tattrie
4.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Tareq Hadhad was worried about his father: Isam did not know what to do with his life. Before the w… read more
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- biography
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- canada
27. Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir
By: Mark Critch
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt and outrageously funny memoir about Newfoundland, family, and being the weirdest kid in… read more
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- biography
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28. How the Light Gets In
By: Joyce Maynard
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her… read more
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29. Apartment 713
By: Kevin Sylvester
4.26
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to the Regency, where even time moves… read more
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30. Before My Time: A Memoir of Love and Fate
By: Ami McKay
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON DARTMOUTH BOOK AWARD and the EVELYN RICHARDSON NON-FICTION AWARD … read more
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31. Running Down a Dream: A Memoir
By: Candy Palmater
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, often funny, always inspiring memoir from a beloved comedian, professional orator, acto… read more
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