Browsing: Memoirs

“Profound, gripping, and gut-wrenching… Like Anne Frank’s diary, it offers a story that needs to be told and heard” (Booklist starred review): Ariana Neumann recounts the harrowing past her father kept from her — his time enduring unspeakable horrors while hiding from the Gestapo in Berlin. “Beautifully told” (John le Carré).

Psychologist to the Hollywood elite Dr. Carder Stout delivers a page-turning memoir about his fall from grace into the gritty underbelly…

A heartrending tale of survival based on true events: When World War II upends Shurka’s perfect life with her husband and children, the family leaves their idyllic Polish village — and flees into the nearby forest to escape danger…

In this “transformative” novel (The Washington Post), an award-winning journalist chronicles her cross-country journey to visit the strangers whose letters gave her strength as she battled leukemia. “I will remember these stories for years to come, because Suleika Jaouad has imprinted them on my heart” (Elizabeth Gilbert).

“A Roots for a new generation, rich in storytelling and steeped in history” (Kirkus Reviews starred review): When Bettye Kearse traced her ancestors back to James Madison and an enslaved woman named Coreen, she embarked on a revelatory and painful journey to discover her family’s past. “A must-read” (Booklist).

“A surprising, joyful story” (Booklist): The life of the writer responsible for beloved online personality Duchess Goldblatt unfolds in this “unforgettable memoir” with “a remarkable vulnerability and candor that reminds us that we are not alone in our struggles” (New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb).

From the Foreword by Marian Wright EdelmanAfrica’s Child is an unforgettable and searingly personal book….In the face of repeated obstacles…

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance,…

Eilene Zimmerman never imagined that she would one day find her ex-husband, Peter, dead from a bacterial infection caused by drug use. She explores his addiction — a secret hidden from everyone he loved — in this “profoundly absorbing and important” memoir (Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game).

This inspiring memoir of one woman’s experience in the field is an exotic adventure story, a surprise journey of self-discovery,…