11 Best memoir books like Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

Cover of Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

By: bell hooks

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Stitching together girlhood memories with the finest threads of innocence, feminist intellectual be…

If you liked the memoir plot in Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl: A Memoir by Rosemary Kingsland

1. The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl: A Memoir

By: Rosemary Kingsland

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl is an extraordinary memoir—a jewel. Rosemary Kingsland was born in … read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Kingsland's The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl: A Memoir book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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2. Pretty in Plaid

By: Jen Lancaster

3.89

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

The hardcover debut from the New York Times bestselling author- the prequel to Bitter is the New Bl… read more

Similar categories in Jen Lancaster's Pretty in Plaid book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir by Barbara Robinette Moss

3. Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir

By: Barbara Robinette Moss

4.16

Format: 144 pages,

A haunting and triumphant story of a difficult and keenly felt life, Change Me into Zeus's Daughter… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Robinette Moss's Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World by Jane A. Schmidt

4. Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World

By: Jane A. Schmidt

3.93

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Not a Perfect Fit is a collection of stories that are laugh-out-loud funny one minute and thought-p… read more

Similar categories in Jane A. Schmidt's Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
Cover of Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think by Cybill Shepherd, Aimee Lee Ball

5. Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think

By: Cybill Shepherd , Aimee Lee Ball

4.17

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

From Model to Moonlighting, from Elvis to Bruce Willis to motherhood to a behind-the-scenes inside … read more

Similar categories in Cybill Shepherd's Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir by Lillian Faderman

6. Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir

By: Lillian Faderman

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish w… read more

Similar categories in Lillian Faderman's Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. Haywire

By: Brooke Hayward

4.40

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Brooke Hayward's Haywire book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

8. Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

By: bell hooks

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Stitching together girlhood memories with the finest threads of innocence, feminist intellectual be… read more

Similar categories in bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • african american
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9. And The Whippoorwill Sang

By: Micki Peluso

4.16

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

It is a day like any other, except the intense heat wave has broken and signs of early fall are in … read more

Similar categories in Micki Peluso's And The Whippoorwill Sang book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • memoir

10. Composed: A Memoir

By: Rosanne Cash

4.01

Format: None pages,

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11. Loveyoubye: Holding Fast, Letting Go, And Then There's The Dog

By: Rossandra White

3.43

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

When Rossandra White walks into her Laguna Beach home one day to find that her husband of twenty-fi… read more

Similar categories in Rossandra White's Loveyoubye: Holding Fast, Letting Go, And Then There's The Dog book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

12. A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: A Journey of Love and Loss in the Himalayas

By: Jane Wilson-Howarth

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set against the backdrop of one of the most colourful countries in the world, A Glimpse of Eternal … read more

Similar categories in Jane Wilson-Howarth's A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: A Journey of Love and Loss in the Himalayas book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

13. Almost a Woman

By: Esmeralda Santiago

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"Not only for readers who share [Santiago's] experiences but for North Americans who seek to unders… read more

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14. On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet

By: None

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Describes the adventures of five Victorian women, English, American, and French, who explored Tibet… read more

Similar categories in None's On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

15. Knee Deep in Paradise

By: None

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The star of the popular ABC-TV series Grace Under Fire recounts her childhood in the South as the d… read more

Similar categories in None's Knee Deep in Paradise book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

Cover of Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind by Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

16. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

Similar categories in Darnyelle Jervey Harmon's Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
Cover of Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives by Anne  Michaud

17. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

By: Anne Michaud

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more

Similar categories in Anne Michaud's Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

Cover of Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love by Aimee Cabo Nikolov

18. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Cabo Nikolov's Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"We can be beacons of light"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"Unconditional Love conquers all!"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

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19. Motherhood: Lost and Found

By: Ann Campanella

4.13

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Ann Campanella, a freelance writer and horsewoman, returns to North Carolina after a several year a… read more

Similar categories in Ann Campanella's Motherhood: Lost and Found book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I am thirty-three years old and have been riding horses since I was nine. From the beginning, I was entranced with their power, their muscled fluidity. I was a typical young girl in love with horses.…"

-Ann Campanella, Motherhood: Lost and Found

Cover of We Are Bridges: A Memoir by Cassandra Lane

20. We Are Bridges: A Memoir

By: Cassandra Lane

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

"In this evocative memoir, Cassandra Lane deftly uses the act of imagination to reclaim her ancesto… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Lane's We Are Bridges: A Memoir book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
"I linked our ancestor's aborted promises to my own, a kind of quantum entanglement. I attempted to erase the distance between us, the years, the laws of physics and of man--just papery things, really…"

-Cassandra Lane, We Are Bridges: A Memoir

Cover of Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold by Nancy Smirl Jorgensen

21. Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold

By: Nancy Smirl Jorgensen

3.97

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Narrated in alternating voices by mother Nancy and sister Elizabeth, Go, Gwen, A Midwest Family's … read more

Similar categories in Nancy Smirl Jorgensen's Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold book and bell hooks's Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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3.92

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3.89

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4.16

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Janisse Ray

4.02

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Jean Sasson

3.00

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4.10

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4.00

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