13 Top memoir books like Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is by Pat McLeod

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Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

By: Pat McLeod

4.53

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Life hit Pat and Tammy McLeod hard when their son Zach collapsed on a high school football field; h…

"How does a person manage a loss that isn't?"

-Pat McLeod, Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

"How does a person manage a loss that isn't?"

-Pat McLeod, Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

"How does a person manage a loss that isn't?"

-Pat McLeod, Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

"How does a person manage a loss that isn't?"

-Pat McLeod, Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

If you liked the memoir plot in Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is by Pat McLeod , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Walk (The Walk, #1) by Richard Paul Evans

1. The Walk (The Walk, #1)

By: Richard Paul Evans

4.16

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

"My name is Alan Christoffersen. You don’t know me. ‘Just another book in the library,’ my father w… read more

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  • christian
"Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling."

-Richard Paul Evans, The Walk (The Walk, #1)

"Nothing is more excruciating than waiting for the jury's verdict. Except, perhaps, hearing the jury's verdict."

-Richard Paul Evans, The Walk (The Walk, #1)

"It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number."

-Richard Paul Evans, The Walk (The Walk, #1)

"There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And it …"

-Richard Paul Evans, The Walk (The Walk, #1)

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2. The Attributes of God

By: Arthur W. Pink

4.51

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

This classic work of Arthur W. Pink invites readers to discover the truth about seventeen attribute… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
"Grace is that in God which brings into favor one justly in disfavor."

-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God

"What is wisdom? It is the skill to achieve the perfect means by the perfect ends "

-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God

"What God made, God loves, because it's inconceivable that God should make anything that He didn't love."

-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God

"We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy."

-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God

Cover of Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead by Bill Katovsky, Brian Boyle

3. Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead

By: Bill Katovsky , Brian Boyle

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It was a horrific car crash. On the way home from swim practice, eighteen-year old Brian Boyle’s fu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski

4. Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit

By: Francis Chan , Danae Yankoski

4.12

Format: None pages,

In the name of the Father, the Son, and ... the Holy Spirit. We pray in the name of all three, but … read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction

5. Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital

By: Eric Manheimer

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the spirit of Oliver Sacks Awakeningsand the TV series House,Dr. Eric Manheimer's TWELVE PATIENT… read more

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6. Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies

By: Michael Ausiello

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this evocative and gorgeously wrought memoir reminiscent of Rob Sheffield's Love Is a Mixtape an… read more

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7. His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy

By: Susan Ray Schmidt

4.43

Format: 303 pages,

His Favorite Wifeis the heart-stopping, inspirational narrative of a courageous, fifteen-year-old g… read more

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8. Mother's Day

By: Dennis McDougal

3.68

Format: 208 pages,

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9. A Grief Observed

By: C.S. Lewis

4.22

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
"Time itself is one more name for death."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"The death of a beloved is an amputation."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

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10. 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
  • psychology
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
Cover of American Black Widow by Gregg Olsen

11. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

12. A Living Remedy: A Memoir

By: Nicole Chung

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptiv… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
"How do you learn to cherish yourself, your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I am starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled but by living as best…"

-Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy: A Memoir

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13. The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine

By: Ricardo Nuila

4.38

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence by James Renner

14. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

By: James Renner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • family
Cover of The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

15. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

By: Edward Humes

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

16. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction by Rick Van Warner

17. On Pills and Needles: The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction

By: Rick Van Warner

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When Rick Van Warner found himself searching abandoned buildings and dangerous streets looking for … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of It Had to Be You (Under Suspicion, #8) by Mary Higgins Clark

18. It Had to Be You (Under Suspicion, #8)

By: Mary Higgins Clark

4.16

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

In the latest thrilling entry in the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary H… read more

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Cover of Duct Tape Killer: The True Inside Story of Sexual Sadist & Murderer Robert Leroy Anderson by Phil Hamman

19. Duct Tape Killer: The True Inside Story of Sexual Sadist & Murderer Robert Leroy Anderson

By: Phil Hamman

3.86

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

“MY MOMMY IS GOING TO DIE,” SHAINA SOBBED INTO THE PHONE. When Piper Streyle failed to show up for … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Cruise Ship SOS: The Life-Saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea by Ben MacFarlane

20. 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
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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21. Local

By: Jessica Machado

3.66

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful, lush memoir about a Hawaiian woman who ran away from paradise to discover who she is an… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
Cover of Life Support: Surviving Guillain-Barre Syndrome - A Mother's Story of Hope and Recovery by Holly Frances

22. 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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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Fatal Charm: The Shocking True Story of Serial Wife Killer Randy Roth by Carlton Smith

23. Fatal Charm: The Shocking True Story of Serial Wife Killer Randy Roth

By: Carlton Smith

3.96

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Search for the Green River A chilling true account of the dream… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Day They Were Swept Away: 10 Survivors and Their Unbelievable Stories of Being Shipwrecked, Adrift, and Stranded at Sea by Oliver Cass

24. The Day They Were Swept Away: 10 Survivors and Their Unbelievable Stories of Being Shipwrecked, Adrift, and Stranded at Sea

By: Oliver Cass

3.58

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

“I had three cans of water left. My body and mind were shutting down; it was as if I could feel all… read more

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Cover of Without Any Warning: Casualties of a Caribbean Vacation by Stefanie Schaffer

25. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of I Am Happy: A Memoir of Child Loss by Erin Benson

26. 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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Cover of Safe, Wanted, and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope by Patrick Dylan

27. Safe, Wanted, and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope

By: Patrick Dylan

4.45

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of seven awards, including a National Indie Excellence Award and Best Indie Book Award."Anyo… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of In Each Other's Bones: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Living by Julia Freifeld

28. In Each Other's Bones: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Living

By: Julia Freifeld

4.43

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Life asks us to deal with loss. It is part of the human condition. Yet we deserve joy no matter our… read more

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Cover of Everyone Needs a Larry: Love with a Twist of Cancer by Jennifer Greenhut Tollin

29. Everyone Needs a Larry: Love with a Twist of Cancer

By: Jennifer Greenhut Tollin

4.22

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Jenn and Larry, an ordinary couple who met on Match.com and dreamed of a life together with ch… read more

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Cover of Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days by Andrea Wilson Woods

30. Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days

By: Andrea Wilson Woods

4.53

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

Adrienne Wilson is a depressed, suicidal teenager--until the day she receives a diagnosis of stage … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is by Pat McLeod

31. Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

By: Pat McLeod

4.53

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Life hit Pat and Tammy McLeod hard when their son Zach collapsed on a high school football field; h… read more

Similar categories in Pat McLeod's Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is book and Pat McLeod's Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
"How does a person manage a loss that isn't?"

-Pat McLeod, Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

"We allowed each other the gift of separate approaches to the same crisis."

-Pat McLeod, Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

"We functioned. We remained committed to each other. But how was it that we felt so disconnected when permanently connected by a shared tragedy?"

-Pat McLeod, Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

"It became all the more obvious that people--no matter their age or what brought them to that place--grieve in different ways and on different timetables."

-Pat McLeod, Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--And Learning to Live Well with What Is

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