20 must-read memoir books like Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren by John L. Fear

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Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

By: John L. Fear

4.11

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

John Fear was born into a religious sect known as the Exclusive Brethren. This sheltered him from t…

"In the meantime, Mary's mother continued to stock her daughter's 'bottom drawer' which she started when Mary was only five years old.  When we got engaged the 'drawer' was already well stocked but by the time we got married it was more like a well-endowed wardrobe. "

-John L. Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

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1. Journey Across the Four Seas: A Chinese Woman's Search for Home

By: Veronica Li

4.24

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a true and touching story of one Chinese woman's search for home. It is also an inspiring b… read more

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2. African Ways

By: Valerie Poore

4.14

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of a young woman’s first encounters with rural South Africa. Coming from the all-… read more

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3. Faring to France on a Shoe

By: Valerie Poore

3.25

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A travelogue about a dream come true. After eight years of owning their barge, Hennie-Ha, eight yea… read more

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4. A Parthenon on our Roof: Adventures of an Anglo-Greek marriage

By: Peter Barber

4.41

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

In A Parthenon On Our Roof, we meet Alexandra, a product of Greek Fire. Born into the cradle of civ… read more

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5. Kat the Dog: The Remarkable Tale of a Rescued Spanish Water Dog

By: Alyson Sheldrake

4.42

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A captivating and emotional story of survival and second chances. Escaping from a wretched existen… read more

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6. The Crinkle Crankle Wall

By: Sabina Ostrowska

4.11

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

The Crinkle Crankle Wall is an extremely entertaining account of a youngish couple’s attempt to liv… read more

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7. Mad Cows and Englishmen: at large in Galicia

By: Liza Grantham

4.31

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine living on an island in where the sun shines down almost every day of the year and a cool br… read more

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8. Travels with Geoffrey : If It CAN Go Wrong, It Will (Never a Dull Moment)

By: Sharon Hayhurst

4.33

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sharon and her husband, Geoffrey, travel abroad, they stumble through Canada, Europe, Southeas… read more

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9. 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

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10. Fat Dogs and Welsh Estates

By: Beth Haslam

4.80

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine a land protected by craggy mountains, lapped by whispering seas, and guarded by mighty fort… read more

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11. Building The Beast: How (Not) To Build An Overland Camper (The Wayward Truck Book 1)

By: Jacqueline Lambert

4.32

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Featuring ‘The Beast’, an expedition truck, as seen on TV A Vintage Truck: An Amateur Team: An… read more

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12. Precious Silver Chopsticks: A True Story of a Korean Noble Family

By: Mae Adams

4.15

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

From her childhood in a North Korean mountain village to a successful life in the United States, th… read more

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13. Moon over Sasova: One American’s Experience Teaching in Post-Cold War Slovakia

By: Christopher Shaffer

4.53

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

No one knew during the 1980s that they were living in the twilight years of the Soviet Union and it… read more

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14. 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

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15. From Fear to Serenity: A Lombok Earthquake Survivor’s Tale (Backpacker's Travels Book 1)

By: Jacky Donovan

4.70

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

When Jacky visits the tiny Indonesian island of Gili Air, she envisages idyllic beaches, breathtaki… read more

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16. Lucky Jack

By: S. Bavey

4.70

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

"One of the perils of being a sniper during the First World War was the likelihood of a grenade goi… read more

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17. An English Teacher in Mexico: Memories of a Midlife Career Change

By: Irene Pylypec

4.19

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Not keen on turning fifty, the author accepts there's nothing she can do about it, so she decides t… read more

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18. Trekker Girl Morocco Bound: Life after Blood Clots or How I Learned to Live and Love Life as a Thrombosis Survivor

By: Dawne Archer

4.70

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Brave or foolhardy? That is the question Dawne asks herself when she stubbornly pursues her goal… read more

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19. Don't Eat the Puffin: Tales From a Travel Writer's Life

By: Jules Brown

4.21

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as Takoradi to the Stars (via Huddersfield) by Jules Brown It's the job of … read more

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20. Dogs n Dracula: A Road Trip Through Romania (Adventure Caravanning with Dogs Book 3)

By: Jacqueline Lambert

4.54

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

“Laugh-out loud funny and a great travel guide.” *Romania Insider Awards FinalistHave you ever thou… read more

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21. Highveld Ways: Recollections of life in Johannesburg in the 1990s (The African Ways series Book 3)

By: Valerie Poore

4.56

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the third book about the author's life in South Africa. In Highveld Ways, Valerie and her d… read more

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22. Beneath A Copper Sky

By: Valerie Poore

4.86

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Apartheid still rules in South Africa when Angela and Stephen take on a job as caretakers of a remo… read more

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23. The Volcano, Montserrat and Me: Twenty years with an active volcano

By: Lally Brown

4.32

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

“As time moves on and memories fade, this unique, compelling book will serve as an important and ac… read more

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24. Year 1 - Fur Babies in France: From Wage Slaves to Living the Dream (Adventure Caravanning with Dogs Book 1)

By: Jacqueline Lambert

4.22

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

“Laugh out loud funny & a great travel guide.” * Have you ever thought of giving up work and headi… read more

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25. Rash: One Family's Escape to Paradise

By: Lisa Kusel

4.12

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Writer Lisa Kusel, while living comfortably in her California home, feels an unsettling lack of per… read more

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26. Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

By: John L. Fear

4.11

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

John Fear was born into a religious sect known as the Exclusive Brethren. This sheltered him from t… read more

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"In the meantime, Mary's mother continued to stock her daughter's 'bottom drawer' which she started when Mary was only five years old.  When we got engaged the 'drawer' was already well stocked but by…"

-John L. Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

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27. Last Train to Freedom: A Young Jewish Family’s Escape from Behind the Iron Curtain

By: Galina Cherny

4.77

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

“... a spirited writer, Cherny reveals what life was like behind the Iron Curtain and the challenge… read more

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28. Faring Forth Again on the Shoe: More tales of Barging through Belgium to France

By: Valerie Poore

4.65

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

This travelogue is a sequel to Faring to France on a Shoe and is an account of Val Poore's further … read more

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29. Volcanic Adventures in Tonga: Species Conservation on Tin Can Island

By: Ann Göth

4.72

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Embark on an unforgettable journey through the remote islands of Tonga with Ann, a young conservati… read more

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"The concept of Tongan Time is the Tongan version of mindfulness."

-Ann Göth, Volcanic Adventures in Tonga: Species Conservation on Tin Can Island

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30. Bike Riding in Kabul: The Global Adventures of a Foreign Aid Practitioner

By: Jamie Bowman

4.21

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Getting roughed up by Islamic fundamentalists, the weekly “feline sex-fest” in Kyiv, bribing Russia… read more

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"Our countries are like our families. It’s fine for us to find fault with our own, but I don’t like it when other people feel free to criticize my family and expect me to agree and join in the condemn…"

-Jamie Bowman, Bike Riding in Kabul: The Global Adventures of a Foreign Aid Practitioner

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