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Class : a memoir / by Land, Stephanie,1978-author.;
"Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph against all odds"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Land, Stephanie, 1978-; Poverty; Single mothers; Women college graduates; Women household employees; Working class; Working poor;
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Call me Anne / by Heche, Anne,author.;
"Call Me Anne is the sequel to Heche's first book, Call Me Crazy. It is a memoir consisting of personal anecdotes of her rise to fame: how Harrison Ford became her on-set mentor, her relationship with Ellen Degeneres, her encounter with Harvey Weinstein,her history of childhood sexual abuse, her relationship with God, her journey to love herself, and more. Part memoir and part self-acceptance workbook, Anne's personal stories are interwoven with poems, prompts, and exercises that got Anne through tough times"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Heche, Anne; Heche, Anne.; Actresses; Self-acceptance in women.;
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Life's too short : a memoir / by Rucker, Darius,author.; Eisenstock, Alan,author.;
'Life's Too Short' is a raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award-winning, Diamond-selling lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish and Country music sensation -- told through the remarkable stories of the music that coursed through his life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Rucker, Darius.; Hootie & the Blowfish (Musical group); African American country musicians; African American rock musicians; Country musicians; Rock musicians; Singers;
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Men have called her crazy : a memoir / by Tendler, Annamarie,author.;
Recounting her experience in a psychiatric hospital as well as pivotal moments in her life that preceded and followed, a popular artist, in this stunning literary self-portrait, examines the unreasonable expectations and pressures women face in the 21st century as well as the insidious ways men impact their lives.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Tendler, Annamarie; Psychotherapy patients; Self-esteem in women.; Women;
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Unfollow me : essays on complicity / by Busby, Jill Louise,author.;
A cultural commentator presents this memoir-in-essays in which she provides a deeply personal, razor-sharp critique of white fragility, respectability politics, and all the places where fear masquerades as progress.
Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Busby, Jill Louise.; Racism; African Americans; African American lesbians; African American women;
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A man of two faces : a memoir, a history, a memorial / by Nguyen, Viet Thanh,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-380)."With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life. He expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas about Vietnam and America, writing with his trademark sardonic wit and incisive analysis, as well as a deep emotional openness about his life as a father and a son. At the age of four, Nguyen and his family are forced to flee his hometown of Ban Mê Thuot and come to the USA as refugees. After being removed from his brother and parents and homed with a family on his own, Nguyen is later allowed to resettle into his own family in suburban San José. But there is violence hidden behind the sunny facade of what he calls AMERICA TM.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-; Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-; Authors; Immigrants; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnamese Americans;
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Uphill : a memoir / by Hill, Jemele,1975-author.;
"An empowering, unabashedly bold memoir by the Atlantic journalist and former ESPN SportsCenter co-anchor about overcoming a legacy of pain and forging a new path, no matter how uphill life's battles might be"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Hill, Jemele, 1975-; African American sportswriters; African American women journalists; Women sportswriters;
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Did I ever tell you? : a memoir / by Kingston, Genevieve,author.;
Based on her essay, 'She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box,' which appeared in the NYT 'Modern Love' column, 'Did I Ever Tell You' is an extraordinary memoir that tells the astonishing story of a mother's last gifts to her daughter, and the wisdom and love she bestowed upon her from beyond the grave.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Kingston, Genevieve.; Kingston, Genevieve; Bereavement.; Cancer; Mothers and daughters; Mothers and daughters; Mothers; Women authors, American; Women dramatists;
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Be ready when the luck happens : a memoir / by Garten, Ina,author.;
"Ina Garten, the author of thirteen best-selling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and the cultural icon whose face has launched a thousand memes, shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Recipes.; Garten, Ina.; Cooks; Food writers;
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B.F.F. : a memoir of friendship lost and found / by Tate, Christie,author.;
Reflects on the author's lifelong struggles to sustain female friendship and how the return of an old friend helped her explore the reasons she has avoided attachment.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Tate, Christie.; Female friendship.; Interpersonal relations.; Psychotherapy;
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