12 Top biography books like Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood by Emma Hansen

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Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

By: Emma Hansen

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

A moving, candid account of one woman’s experience with stillbirth. Emma Hansen is 39 weeks and …

"I always thought, somehow, that death would follow the rules. This was supposed to be a beginning; now we are at an end."

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"I always thought, somehow, that death would follow the rules. This was supposed to be a beginning; now we are at an end."

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"Though he died before anyone got to know him, he still made an impact, is still loved, and that many are grieving his death. We are not alone in this loss."

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"Though he died before anyone got to know him, he still made an impact, is still loved, and that many are grieving his death. We are not alone in this loss."

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

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Cover of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

By: Elizabeth McCracken

4.19

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

"This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending," writes Elizabeth McCracken in he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I want a book that acknowledges that life goes on, but death goes on too, that a person who is dead is a long, long story. You move on from it, , but the death will never disappear from view."

-Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

"All I can say is, it's a sort of kinship, as though there is a family tree of grief. On this branch, the lost children, on this the suicided parents, here the beloved mentally ill siblings. When some…"

-Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

"I'm thinking of that Florida lady again, the one who wanted a book about the lighter side of a child's death, and I know: all she wanted was permission to remember her child with pleasure instead of …"

-Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

"Perhaps it goes without saying that I believe in the geographic cure. Of course you can't out-travel sadness. You will find it has smuggled itself along in your suitcase. It coats the camera lens, it…"

-Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination

Cover of The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

2. The Cellist of Sarajevo

By: Steven Galloway

4.00

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

This brilliant novel with universal resonance, set during the 1990s Siege of Sarajevo, tells the st… read more

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  • audiobook
"A bullet leaves evidence that a mortar doesn't."

-Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

"The choices she's made have left her without choice."

-Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

"... life is a series of tiny, unavoidable decisions."

-Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

"You don't choose what to believe. Belief chooses you."

-Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

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3. Keeping Faith

By: Jodi Picoult

3.81

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

“A triumph. This novel’s haunting strength will hold the reader until the very end and make Faith a… read more

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"I want her to be safe. I want her to be mine."

-Jodi Picoult, Keeping Faith

"You can believe something really hard,' Faith says, 'and still be wrong."

-Jodi Picoult, Keeping Faith

"Objection!" Metz shouts. Grounds?" the judge asks. Well...he's my witness!"

-Jodi Picoult, Keeping Faith

"Children are supposed to go to school, play on swing sets, skin their knees."

-Jodi Picoult, Keeping Faith

4. Forget Me Not

By: Ellie Terry

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A girl with Tourette syndrome starts a new school and tries to hide her quirks in this debut middle… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

5. The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more

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  • audiobook

6. Comfort: A Journey Through Grief

By: Ann Hood

4.07

Format: 253 pages,

"Rarely do memoirs of grief combine anguish, love, and fury with such elegance." --Entertainment We… read more

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7. Seriously... I'm Kidding

By: Ellen DeGeneres

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Sometimes the greatest things are the most embarrassing." Ellen Degeneres' winning, upbeat candor … read more

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8. Loved Baby: 31 Devotions Helping You Grieve and Cherish Your Child after Pregnancy Loss

By: None

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Close to one in four American women experience the silent grief of pregnancy loss. Loved Baby offer… read more

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Cover of While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger

9. While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

By: Meg Kissinger

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illnes… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again by Lysa TerKeurst

10. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again

By: Lysa TerKeurst

4.16

Format: 288 pages, ebook

*#1 New York Times Bestseller* You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have do… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Edge of Dusk (Annie Pederson, #1) by Colleen Coble

11. Edge of Dusk (Annie Pederson, #1)

By: Colleen Coble

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Even though secrets lie off the coast of Rock Harbor, the truth will set Annie Pederson free—if it … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Arrival Stories: Women Share Their Experiences of Becoming Mothers by Amy Schumer

12. Arrival Stories: Women Share Their Experiences of Becoming Mothers

By: Amy Schumer

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A wide range of women—actors, athletes, academics, CEOs, writers, small-business owners, birth work… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"It was here that I learned just how intertwined joy and sorrow are; how life after loss is full of experiences that hold seemingly opposing feelings in a single moment. - Emma Hansen"

-Amy Schumer, Arrival Stories: Women Share Their Experiences of Becoming Mothers

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13. Two Reasons to Run (Pelican Harbor #2)

By: Colleen Coble

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The gripping second installment of the Pelican Harbor series from USA TODAY bestselling author Coll… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of One Little Lie (The Pelican Harbor, #1) by Colleen Coble

14. One Little Lie (The Pelican Harbor, #1)

By: Colleen Coble

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

It started with one little lie. But Jane Hardy will do everything in her power to uncover the truth… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of This Will Only Hurt a Little (A Bestselling Celebrity Memoir) by Busy Philipps

15. This Will Only Hurt a Little (A Bestselling Celebrity Memoir)

By: Busy Philipps

3.91

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Busy Philipps’s autobiographical book offers the same unfiltered and candid storytelling that her I… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"No one is going to tell you all the things you want to hear all the time. You have to know them yourself."

-Busy Philipps, This Will Only Hurt a Little (A Bestselling Celebrity Memoir)

"Here's the thing: It's not easy to be a woman in this business. There will always be jokes about your body. There will always be guys who steal your best ideas and pass them off as their own. There w…"

-Busy Philipps, This Will Only Hurt a Little (A Bestselling Celebrity Memoir)

Cover of I'll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain by Emily Farris

16. I'll Just Be Five More Minutes: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain

By: Emily Farris

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A hilariously honest, heartwarming essay collection about life, love, and discovering you have ADHD… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • mental health
Cover of Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston

17. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir by Tova Friedman

18. The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir

By: Tova Friedman

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A powerful memoir by one of the youngest ever survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

19. From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way

By: Jesse Thistle

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle—once a high school dropout and now … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up (A Memoir) by Evanna Lynch

20. The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up (A Memoir)

By: Evanna Lynch

4.54

Format: 463 pages, Paperback

A searing memoir from Harry Potter star and activist Evanna Lynch about the bravery it takes to emb… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"To protect the dream or the disorder this will become the most difficult of choices that I will routinely have to grapple with, a choice I will have to make over and over."

-Evanna Lynch, The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up (A Memoir)

"One day, not too far in the distant future, this body will be a pile of decaying flesh and dust in the ground. But for now, she's alive and vibrant, and I want to stop hurting her."

-Evanna Lynch, The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up (A Memoir)

"For me, recovery from recovery was probably the most confusing time – the most lonely, frustrating and psychologically challenging time. It did not feel heroic and it was also incredibly tedious."

-Evanna Lynch, The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up (A Memoir)

"I cut those things out completely, wiping entire shelves of the food pyramid from my life, and felt powerful for it. That feeling of power and superiority fuelled my determination to do better, to ke…"

-Evanna Lynch, The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up (A Memoir)

Cover of WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of by Ann Voskamp

21. WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of

By: Ann Voskamp

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Are you facing repeated roadblocks or feeling life shift in ways you never expected? Bestselling au… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Love is an endless coming home."

-Ann Voskamp, WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of

"Therapy is a gym for the mind. Not ashamed to have a membership"

-Ann Voskamp, WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of

"Hopelessness rises when the pain of the past floods all of the future"

-Ann Voskamp, WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of

"Because God is Love Himself, He is the greatest and longest sufferer of the universe."

-Ann Voskamp, WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of

Cover of The Story of Us by Catherine  Hernandez

22. The Story of Us

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bo… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences by Jedidiah Jenkins

23. Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

By: Jedidiah Jenkins

4.03

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

When his mother, Barbara, turns seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering fact: Our pare… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"In my midthirties, I realized that my parents would die soon. Not like a terminal illness. I just mean in the flow of time. It hit me hardest when my mother turned seventy. I did a quick bit of math.…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

"I wondered about my friendship with my mom. Is it friendship? How can it be? Friendship is chosen. Friendship is discovered. But a mother and a son have a bond that is necessary. If the son exists, t…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

Cover of I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement by Jessica Zucker

24. I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement

By: Jessica Zucker

4.53

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Sixteen weeks into her second pregnancy, psychologist Jessica Zucker miscarried at home, alone. Sud… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The War Nurse by Tracey Enerson Wood

25. The War Nurse

By: Tracey Enerson Wood

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

She asked dozens of young women to lay their lives on the line during the Great War. Can she protec… read more

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  • audiobook
"We’ve got faster communication here then ma bell does at AT&T"

-Tracey Enerson Wood, The War Nurse

"There are things that we can’t control I’m falling in love with you julia"

-Tracey Enerson Wood, The War Nurse

"It so happens that you are one of the few creatures on earth who is pleasant to be around first thing in the morning thought I could learn from your example"

-Tracey Enerson Wood, The War Nurse

Cover of Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness by Caroll Simpson

26. Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness

By: Caroll Simpson

4.17

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring story of how an urban woman came to own and operate a remote fishing lodge nestled de… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir by Heather Lanier

27. Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir

By: Heather Lanier

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A  New York Times  Book Review Editors' Choice  Kate Bowler's The Everything Happens Book Club Pic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby by Elle  Wright

28. Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby

By: Elle Wright

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Reader,When I found myself experiencing a motherhood that I never expected, one that I was ter… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood by Emma Hansen

29. Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

By: Emma Hansen

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

A moving, candid account of one woman’s experience with stillbirth. Emma Hansen is 39 weeks and … read more

Similar categories in Emma Hansen's Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood book and Emma Hansen's Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I always thought, somehow, that death would follow the rules. This was supposed to be a beginning; now we are at an end."

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"Though he died before anyone got to know him, he still made an impact, is still loved, and that many are grieving his death. We are not alone in this loss."

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"When a baby dies before they have a chance to create their own story, I think one of the biggest fears parents have is that they will disappear, be forgotten. It's up to those who knew them to spread…"

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

"But I can't figure out how to keep Reid alive in my heart without the ache. Will it always be like this? I have to believe it will get better. But then, do I want it to? Because when it gets better, …"

-Emma Hansen, Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood

Cover of Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant by Stephanie Kiser

30. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook

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