5 Top biography memoir books like The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow's Transformation by Abigail Carter

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The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow's Transformation

By: Abigail Carter

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Like A Year of Magical Thinking, this powerful and touching book is both an inspirational read and …

If you liked the biography memoir plot in The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow's Transformation by Abigail Carter , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Daughter of the Queen of Sheba: A Memoir by Jacki Lyden

1. Daughter of the Queen of Sheba: A Memoir

By: Jacki Lyden

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

As an adult, National Public Radio foreign correspondent Jacki Lydenhas spent her life on the front… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Where You Left Me by Jennifer Gardner Trulson

2. Where You Left Me

By: Jennifer Gardner Trulson

4.48

Format: 448 pages,

Lucky--that's how Jennifer would describe herself. She had a successful law career, met the love of… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja, Karen Musalo

3. Do They Hear You When You Cry

By: Fauziya Kassindja , Karen Musalo

4.12

Format: 529 pages, Paperback

For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practic… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1) by Betty MacDonald

4. The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1)

By: Betty MacDonald

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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5. 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
  • memoir
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6. The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow's Transformation

By: Abigail Carter

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Like A Year of Magical Thinking, this powerful and touching book is both an inspirational read and … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

7. 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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8. Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters

By: Jane Goodall , Dale Peterson

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

AFRICA IN MY BLOOD is an extraordinary self-portrait in letters of Jane Goodall's early years, from… read more

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9. The Night Child

By: Anna Quinn

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-y… read more

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10. 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

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  • nonfiction

11. Education Of A Princess A Memoir By Marie, Grand Duchess Of Russia

By: None

3.87

Format: None pages,

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12. Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

By: Jen Lancaster

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

"To whom the fat rolls...I'm tired of books where a self-loathing heroine is teased to the point wh… read more

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13. My Story

By: Ingrid Bergman

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

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14. The Mother Knot

By: Kathryn Harrison

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this dark gem of a book by the author of The Kiss, a complex mother-daughter relationship precip… read more

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15. From Manchester to the Arctic

By: Sheena Billett

4.31

Format: 261 pages, ebook

In the challenging but rapidly changing 1970s, Connie Sanders, a broken-hearted nurse, flees to the… read more

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"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

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16. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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

17. 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

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

18. 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

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  • nonfiction
"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

19. 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

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  • nonfiction
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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

Cover of The Bare Melcessities: Walking Out. Waking Up. Getting Bare by Melanie Lutz

20. The Bare Melcessities: Walking Out. Waking Up. Getting Bare

By: Melanie Lutz

3.97

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

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"The soul knows where it belongs, not some of the time, all of the time. When you strip everything away and get bare that fact sings."

-Melanie Lutz, The Bare Melcessities: Walking Out. Waking Up. Getting Bare

"Home was within.
 Home was without.
 Home was here and now. 
Home was everything that already was and always is. There were so many chases and trips, and directions and events and places and experime…"

-Melanie Lutz, The Bare Melcessities: Walking Out. Waking Up. Getting Bare

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21. The Part That Burns

By: Jeannine Ouellette

4.26

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

“You can tear a thing apart and tape it back together,” writes Jeannine Ouellette, “and it will sti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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5.00

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4.48

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Do They Hear You When You Cry

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4.12

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4.06

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3.67

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