14 Best biography books like Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir by Barbara Donsky

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Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

By: Barbara Donsky

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

From beyond the grave came a cry for help she could not ignore. When Barbara Bracht's mother vanish…

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1. The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

By: Karen Armstrong

3.94

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The New York Times bestselling author of A History of God delivers the grippi… read more

Similar categories in Karen Armstrong's The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I had failed to make a gift of myself to God."

-Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

"Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment."

-Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

"If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness, this was good theology. But if your notion of God made …"

-Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

"I discovered that I felt at home and alive in the silence, which compelled me to enter my interior world and around there. Without the distraction of constant conversation, the words on the page bega…"

-Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

Cover of Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal by Dean Ornish, Rachel Naomi Remen

2. Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

By: Dean Ornish , Rachel Naomi Remen

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Enthusiastically praised by everyone from Deepak Chopra to Daniel Goleman to Larry Dossey, Rachel R… read more

Similar categories in Dean Ornish's Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Belief traps or frees us."

-Dean Ornish, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

"Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom."

-Dean Ornish, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

"If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us."

-Dean Ornish, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

"Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science."

-Dean Ornish, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

Cover of A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg

3. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table

By: Molly Wizenberg

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Molly Wizenberg's father died of cancer, everyone told her to go easy on herself, to hold off … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Even the Thanksgiving when her parents had just divorced, Hoosier Pie made the cut. ...They also, incidentally, made a pumpkin pie, but it fell on the floor, a classic example of survival of the fitt…"

-Molly Wizenberg, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table

Cover of Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time by Valerie Bertinelli

4. Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

By: Valerie Bertinelli

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Valerie Bertinelli, then: bubbly sitcom star and America's Sweetheart turned tabloid headline and r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Leap...and the net will follow"

-Valerie Bertinelli, Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

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5. Soppy

By: Philippa Rice

3.54

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

True love isn't always about the big romantic gestures. Sometimes it's about sympathizing with some… read more

Similar categories in Philippa Rice's Soppy book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
Cover of Fat Girl: A True Story by Judith Moore

6. Fat Girl: A True Story

By: Judith Moore

3.31

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

A Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2005 ( Entertainment Weekly ) For any woman who has ever had a love/h… read more

Similar categories in Judith Moore's Fat Girl: A True Story book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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7. 2003 - Thanks for the Vodka

By: Karl Wiggins , Harpie

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Kindle Edition

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8. Goodbye, Walter

By: RuthAnn Hogue , C. Stratton Hill

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In February of 1997, Walter Schifter was dying of cancer. During the final three weeks of his life,… read more

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9. The Zookeeper's Daughter

By: Lori Space Day

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The Zookeeperas Daughter is the journal of Lori Space Day, a third generation zoologist. Growing up… read more

Similar categories in Lori Space Day's The Zookeeper's Daughter book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali by John Bidwell, Kris Holloway

10. Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

By: John Bidwell , Kris Holloway

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of My Prison Without Bars: The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal by Taylor Evan Fulks

11. My Prison Without Bars: The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal

By: Taylor Evan Fulks

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

2014 GLOBAL eBOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2014 eLIT EXCELLENCE AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2013 INDIE … read more

Similar categories in Taylor Evan Fulks's My Prison Without Bars: The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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12. Raising Demons

By: Shirley Jackson

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Life Among the Savages charmed thousands with its insightful wit and contrasting warmth. In this se… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's Raising Demons book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman

By: Mary Mann Hamilton

3.77

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing first-person account of a Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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14. Breaking Clean

By: Judy Blunt

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Blunt has turned the memories of her childhood and young adulthood in rural Montana into a beautifu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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15. Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

By: Barbara Donsky

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

From beyond the grave came a cry for help she could not ignore. When Barbara Bracht's mother vanish… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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16. Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

By: None , P.D. James

3.91

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more satisfactorily than do their cleverer sisters."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"Even as a child, I had a sense that I was two people; the one who experienced the trauma, the pain, the happiness, and the other who stood aside and watched with a disinterested ironic eye."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"There is much that I remember but which is painful to dwell on. I see no need to write about these things. They are over and must be accepted, made sense of and forgiven, afforded no more than their …"

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

17. Fifth Chinese Daughter

By: None , None

4.61

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1945 and now reissued with a new introduction by the author, Jade Snow Wong… read more

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18. Composed: A Memoir

By: Rosanne Cash

4.01

Format: None pages,

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19. The Boys of My Youth

By: Jo Ann Beard

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Rarely does the debut of a new writer garner such attention & acclaim. The excitement began the mom… read more

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20. Ava: My Story

By: Ava Gardner

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Hardcover Edition of Ava Gardner's own story with no hold barred. Like a novel but Ava really lived… read more

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21. In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing

By: Lee Woodruff , Bob Woodruff

3.75

Format: 320 pages,

In one of the most anticipated books of the year, Lee Woodruff, along with her husband, Bob Woodruf… read more

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22. Slings & Arrows

By: Julie Elizabeth Powell

3.96

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody expects to lose a child but when it happens what can we do? In the sea of grief that seizes… read more

Similar categories in Julie Elizabeth Powell's Slings & Arrows book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
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23. Saltwater

By: Cathy McLennan

4.10

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

‘Everyone knows that some of those kids are innocent … your dilemma is not whether the kids are inn… read more

Similar categories in Cathy McLennan's Saltwater book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

24. Living My Life

By: Emma Goldman , سهیلا بسکی

4.10

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

Anarchist, journalist, drama critic, advocate of birth control and free love, Emma Goldman was the … read more

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25. Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir

By: Lauren Slater

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this powerful and provocative new memoir, award-winning author Lauren Slater forces readers to r… read more

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26. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

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"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

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27. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

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"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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

28. 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 Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

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

29. 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 Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • 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

30. 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 Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"#metooasachild"

-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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31. Between Inca Walls, A Peace Corps Memoir

By: Evelyn Kohl LaTorre

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

At twenty-one, Evelyn is naive about life and love. Raised in a small Montana town, she moves at ag… read more

Similar categories in Evelyn Kohl LaTorre's Between Inca Walls, A Peace Corps Memoir book and Barbara Donsky's Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir

  • nonfiction
  • memoir

20 Top nonfiction books like Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir by Barbara Donsky

Transform Your Habits

The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

Karen Armstrong

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

Dean Ornish , Rachel Naomi Remen

4.34

Transform Your Habits

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table

Molly Wizenberg

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time

Valerie Bertinelli

3.67

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15 Top nonfiction books like Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman by Mary Mann Hamilton

Transform Your Habits

My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me

Amanda Green

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood

Jennifer Traig

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Forever Liesl

Charmian Carr , Jean A.S. Strauss , Jean A. S. Strauss

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World

Jane A. Schmidt

3.93

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