The Sound of Gravel
By: Ruth Wariner
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A riveting, deeply-affecting true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist cult. Ruth Wari…
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1. Stolen Innocence
By: Lisa Pulitzer , Elissa Wall
3.94
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
Stolen Innocence is the gripping New York Times bestselling memoir of Elissa Wall, the courageous f… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- cults
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"With no other choice, I'd submitted to the will of our prophet and had married my nineteen-year-old first cousin."-Lisa Pulitzer, Stolen Innocence
"In the end, He's the only reason that I made it. Sometimes that's the only thing we have. Whether you call it God, or hope, or faith -whatever word you use- the fact is, I couldn't have survived if I…"-Lisa Pulitzer, Stolen Innocence
2. Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement
By: Irene Spencer
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Life for Irene Spencer was a series of devastating disappointments and hardships. Irene's first boo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- cults
- religion
- nonfiction
3. Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
By: Irene Spencer
4.33
Format: None pages,
IRENE SPENCER grew up in a fundamentalist Mormon family- the thirteenth of thirty-one children- so … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- cults
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
4. The Sound of Gravel
By: Ruth Wariner
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A riveting, deeply-affecting true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist cult. Ruth Wari… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult
By: None
4.58
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs,… read more
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6. 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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7. The Polygamist's Daughter
By: Leslie Wilson , Anna LeBaron
4.24
Format: None pages, Paperback
"My father had more than fifty children." So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter o… read more
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8. Escape
By: Carolyn Jessop , Laura Palmer
5.00
Format: None pages,
The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, a… read more
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9. North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
By: Cea Sunrise Person
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Sex, drugs, and . . . bug stew? In the vein of The Glass Castleand Wild,Cea Sunrise Person's compel… read more
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10. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
11. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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12. None of This Is True
By: Lisa Jewell
4.12
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more
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- audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True
"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True
13. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- audiobook
14. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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- audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
15. Counting the Cost
By: Jill Duggar
4.06
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- cults
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost
16. 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
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. The Woman in Me
By: Britney Spears
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"But then, when it came time to end the conservatorship, I realized one thing: You can’t fuck with a woman who knows how to pray. Really pray. All I did was pray."-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Later, I walked all the way home so I could take in the city, breaking one of my heels along the way. When I got to my apartment, I went to my terrace and just looked up at the stars for hours. At th…"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
"Giving a person no grace in a hard time is just not nice. Especially when you can't take as good as you give. When I started to speak and throw it back at them a little, God knows they were far from …"-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me
18. Sociopath: A Memoir
By: Patric Gagne
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own soci… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"In a universe where everything seemed to be associated with everything else, jazz was in a world all its own. The untethered notes didn't propel me backward in time or force me into imaginations of t…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"Regardless of whether they realized it, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my lovers—everyone, on some level—was uncomfortable with my limited emotion. Because it meant something sinister. Because,…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"I loved people. I truly did. But the way I loved was different than most. And, if I was being honest, not all that compatible. I didn’t need to get love in order to give love. I never had. I preferre…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
"The more I paid attention, the more I noticed just how often 'apathy,' 'lack of feeling,' and the word 'sociopath' were associated with evil. Everywhere. From celebrated books like East of Eden and T…"-Patric Gagne, Sociopath: A Memoir
19. Uncultured: A Memoir
By: Daniella Mestyanek Young
4.08
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle, Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured is more than a … read more
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- memoir
- cults
- biography memoir
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Daniella,"-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"The body keeps the score."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"I can run and run, but I’m always still here."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
"...the only real friend I had, and would ever have, was myself."-Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir
20. The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity
By: Axton Betz-Hamilton
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An identity theft expert tells the story of the duplicity and betrayal that inspired her career and… read more
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- nonfiction
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21. The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
By: Lara Love Hardin
4.46
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
No one expects the police to knock on the million-dollar, two-story home of the perfect cul-de-sac … read more
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- nonfiction
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