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• The Ugly Cry

  a Memoir

  Henderson, Danielle,

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  In this coming-of-age memoir, Henderson documents her childhood being raised by her grandparents and living as a Black girl in a mostly white community.

• Between Two Kingdoms

  a Memoir of a Life Interrupted

  Jaouad, Suleika

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  Cancer memoirs are nothing new, but Jaouad's contribution is an exemplary and moving example of the effects of illness and the cross-country road trip she takes.

• Crying in H Mart

  a Memoir

  Zauner, Michelle

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  Zauner (the musician Japanese breakfast) moves back home during her mother's illness. This memoir covers both her experience as a caretaker and her grief after her mother passes. Bring your appetite as Zauner describes many of the Korean…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sitting Pretty

  the View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

  Taussig, Rebekah

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  Kansas City native Taussig candidly discusses life with a disability in this personal history comprised of essays covering topics like identity, ableism, and representation in media.

• Know My Name

  a Memoir

  Miller, Chanel

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  This powerful and haunting memoir from a rape victim. Like her powerful victim statement in the trial of Brock Turner, Chanel Miller eloquently and passionately advocates for how society and the judicial system treat victims of rape.

• How We Fight for Our Lives

  a Memoir

  Jones, Saeed

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  A poet and cultural critic details his upbringing as a gay black male in the South.

• How We Do Family

  From Adoption to Trans Pregnancy, What We Learned About Love and LGBTQ Parenthood

  Reese, Trystan,

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  An LGBTQ family's inspiring story of building a loving home, with lessons all families can use

• Aftershocks

  a Memoir

  Owusu, Nadia, 1981-

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  This compelling memoir explores themes of identity and family as Owusu shares her globe-trotting childhood and relationships with her mother, father, and stepmother.

• Susan, Linda, Nina, & Cokie

  the Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

  Napoli, Lisa, 1963-

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  NPR listeners will recognize the voices of Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie who dominated the airwaves with their reporting. Napoli's group biography is both the story of these four groundbreaking women journalists and also the larger story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood and Treasure

  Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

  Drury, Bob,

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  History buffs will enjoy this entertaining account of frontiersman Daniel Boone, supplemented with historical documents, diaries, and newspaper accounts.

• Amoralman

  a True Story and Other Lies

  DelGaudio, Derek

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  The fascinating theater show In and Of Itself (that was later filmed and aired on Hulu) is an intriguing mix of magic, illlusion, personal history, and identity. These topics are also explored in DelGaudio's memoir of self-discovery--and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frederick Douglass

  Prophet of Freedom

  Blight, David W.,

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  Blight's biography illustrates the life of the famed abolitionist, writer, and orator.

• ¡Hola Papi!

  How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

  Brammer, John Paul, 1991-

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  Through the guise of his advice column, Brammer shares his Oklahoman childhood, Mexican identity, coming to terms with his sexuality, and life as a writer.

• The Doctors Blackwell

  How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women--and Women to Medicine

  Nimura, Janice P.

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  Historian Nimura tells the story of pioneering physicians and sisters Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell in this illuminating joint biography.

• House of Sticks

  a Memoir

  Tran, Ly, 1989-

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  If you loved Tara Westover's Educated, you might also enjoy reading about Tran's rise from an immigrant childhood and overcoming poverty and hardships to end up at an Ivy League institution.