Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir
By: Leslie Gilbert-Lurie , None
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A miraculous lesson in courage and recovery, Bending Toward the Suntells the story of a unique fami…
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1. In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
By: Jennifer Armstrong , Irene Gut Opdyke
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defier of th… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- world war ii
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- holocaust
"In my heart, I was seeing them dead. But on my face, I was an open invitation. If you are only a girl, this is how you destroy your enemies."-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
"In my fantasies, I was always caught up in heroic struggles, and I saw myself saving lives, sacrificing myself for others. I had far loftier ambitions than mere romance."-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
"If we were stopped and questioned, I always smiled at the officers, and they always smiled back. In my heart, I was seeing them dead. But on my face, I was an open invitation. If you are only a girl,…"-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
2. Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir
By: Leslie Gilbert-Lurie , None
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A miraculous lesson in courage and recovery, Bending Toward the Suntells the story of a unique fami… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- world war ii
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- holocaust
3. The Book of Lost and Found
By: Lucy Foley
4.00
Format: 117 pages, Paperback
From London to Corsica to Paris--as a young woman pursues the truth about her late mother, two capt… read more
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4. Cell
By: Stephen King
3.96
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Witness Stephen King's triumphant, blood-spattered return to the genre that made him famous. Cell, … read more
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5. Our American Friend
By: Anna Pitoniak
3.78
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A globe-spanning thriller of love and betrayal about a mysterious first lady with an explosive secr… read more
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6. The Golden Doves
By: Martha Hall Kelly
4.18
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Naz… read more
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- world war ii
- holocaust
7. Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir
By: Rebecca Carroll
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful st… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
8. Out of the Ashes
By: Kara Thomas
3.89
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
A woman’s investigation into her family’s murders uncovers lies, secrets, and dangerous truths in a… read more
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9. Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)
By: William Kent Krueger
4.21
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Cork races against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthi… read more
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10. The Book of Lost Friends
By: Lisa Wingate
4.16
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
A new novel inspired by historical events: a story of three young women on a journey in search of f… read more
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"Sad thing when stories die for the lack of listenin' ears."-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends
"The great thing about literature is that it's subjective. No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences."-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends
"We all have scars. It's when you're honest about them that you find the people who will love you in spite of your nicks and dents. Perhaps even because of them. The people who don't. These people are…"-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends
"I'm trying to impress upon my students that everyone has a history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in…"-Lisa Wingate, The Book of Lost Friends
11. The Fifth Avenue Story Society
By: Rachel Hauck
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewr… read more
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"She didn’t resist the rush of tears. If there was no sadness about leaving New York, then her time here would’ve meant nothing."-Rachel Hauck, The Fifth Avenue Story Society
12. Code Name Sapphire
By: Pam Jenoff
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of b… read more
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- world war ii
- holocaust
13. The Librarian Spy
By: Madeline Martin
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A moving novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II.Ava thought … read more
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- world war ii
"I don't think I take compliments very well, Ava admitted sheepishly. "Most women don't. We always think we're not good enough." She lifted her shoulder, and the resignation behind it told Ava that ev…"-Madeline Martin, The Librarian Spy
14. No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
By: Kate Bowler
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) asks, how do … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"We live and we are loved and we are gone."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"Nothing will exempt me from the pain of being human."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"People say carpe diem. I mean, yes, unless you need a nap."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"I feel a spark of horror each time I remember it: we come undone."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
15. Send for Me
By: Lauren Fox
3.43
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War… read more
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- world war ii
- holocaust
"She went out for dinner with the guy who fixed her computer. All evening long, she couldn't remember his name. But he smiled sweetly as he explained motherboards to her and asked her about her life. …"-Lauren Fox, Send for Me
16. Daughters of Sparta
By: Claire Heywood
3.88
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships--but now … read more
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"He helped her to rule without ever trying to rule her."-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta
"Sometimes we must be led by duty, and sometimes by what is right....The trick is to know when these things are the same, and when they are not. [Tyndoreos]"-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta
"None of this was Agatha's fault, Helen knew that in her honest heart. And yet she resented her. For doing what she could not, for being what she was not, for giving her daughter what she had not. Whe…"-Claire Heywood, Daughters of Sparta
17. The Teacher of Warsaw
By: Mario Escobar
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For fans of The Warsaw Orphan and The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the start of WWII changed everything … read more
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- world war ii
- holocaust
"Why do they hate us so much?" I was thoughtful and took my time answering. It was a question I often asked myself. "I think it's because they don't know us. At their core, racists and anti-Semites ar…"-Mario Escobar, The Teacher of Warsaw
18. Flying Solo
By: Linda Holmes
3.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to he… read more
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"You don't have to be single to be independent. And you don't have to be married to be loved."-Linda Holmes, Flying Solo
19. The Matchmaker's Gift
By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more
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"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift
"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift
20. The Pull of the Stars
By: Emma Donoghue
3.96
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospita… read more
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"Guilt was the sooty air we breathed these days."-Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
"I’m beginning to know enough to know that I know nothing."-Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
"I seem to have stumbled onto love, like a pothole in the night."-Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
"Neither of us mentioned the kissing, so as not to burst the bubble by touching it. So as not to think about what it meant for the two of us to kiss."-Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
21. Lady Clementine
By: Marie Benedict
3.83
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
From Marie Benedict, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room, comes an … read more
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- world war ii
"Political wives are seldom seen and rarely heard."-Marie Benedict, Lady Clementine
"The risks of the conflict never overwhelmed me, only the fear of marginalization."-Marie Benedict, Lady Clementine
"I simply recall a dark hollow within me into which I crawled when the anxiety overwhelmed."-Marie Benedict, Lady Clementine
"In comparison to them and countless others, I had no right to suffer. But suffering came whether or not I was worthy."-Marie Benedict, Lady Clementine
22. The Life She Wanted
By: Anita Abriel
3.94
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
New York in the 1920s—a time when fortunes are made and a woman’s dreams are challenged against all… read more
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23. The Last Train to London
By: Meg Waite Clayton
4.13
Format: 480 pages, ebook
The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World … read more
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- world war ii
- holocaust
"The thinnest of silver linings on clouds banishing all light."-Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London
"Most of us say what everyone else says, or we say nothing at all, so we won’t look like fools."-Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London
"My father used to say courage isn't the absence of fear, but rather going forward in the face of it."-Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London
"It was an honor, to be listened to closely, to be heard. One could honor someone without agreeing with them."-Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London
24. Night of the Living Rez
By: Morgan Talty
3.91
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
How do the living come back to life? Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Re… read more
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"There is that terrible memory, surely, but so too are there sweet ones, the tiny memories with the tiny details that are milder in climax, no doubt, but equally powerful..."-Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez
25. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
By: Jennifer Ryan
4.09
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more
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- world war ii
"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
"Sometimes we just need someone with a fresh perspective to hold up a mirror and show us who we really are – who we could become, if we put our minds to it."-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
"In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how …"-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
26. Marrying the Ketchups
By: Jennifer Close
3.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the de… read more
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"A reminder of how many people there were in the world. A reminder that sometimes the right person shows up just when you need him to."-Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups
"Gretchen walked by and saw Kendall and another waitress dipping fries in Armando's garlic aioli and shoveling them into their mouths. This was the number-one hangover food for the staff at Sullivan's…"-Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups
"Mistakes were made all over the place, all around her, all the time, and she couldn't live her whole life with the sole purpose of not messing up. She didn't know if it would be a mistake or not, she…"-Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups
"Along with the regular brunch selections of eggs Benedict and Belgian waffles, they planned to serve individual portions of Poof in custard dishes. They also had a whole section for different kinds o…"-Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups
27. The Codebreaker's Secret
By: Sara Ackerman
4.12
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A brilliant female codebreaker. An “unbreakable” Japanese naval code. A pilot on a top-secret missi… read more
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- world war ii
28. When the World Goes Quiet
By: Gian Sardar
4.32
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a po… read more
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29. The Direction of the Wind
By: Mansi Shah
4.09
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
A heartfelt story that spans continents and generations, about a young woman who searches for answe… read more
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30. The Girls Are Gone: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Vanished, the Father Who Kept Searching, and the Adults Who Conspired to Keep the Truth Hidden
By: Michael Brodkorb
3.70
Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition
On the evening of April 19, 2013, Samantha and Gianna Rucki disappeared. Two of five children born … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
31. Why Didn't You Tell Me?
By: Carmen Rita Wong
3.76
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An immigrant mother’s long-held secrets upend her daughter’s understanding of her family, her ident… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
