Browsing: Memoirs

Brought together by a shared passion for positive change, Kennedy and Jessica fell in love and set out to transform the troubled Kenyan neighborhood where Kennedy grew up. A “well-wrought, inspiring” New York Times bestseller (Kirkus Reviews) that “offers the greatest of all gifts — hope” (Gloria Steinem).

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times…

HE CALLED HER MRS. KENNEDY. SHE CALLED HIM MR. HILL.For four years, from the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in…

A New York Times bestseller with over 4,200 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Focusing on her relationship with her mother, acclaimed author Maya Angelou weaves together their tale of love, loss, and reconciliation. “Irresistible” (The Washington Post).

“Fiercely honest and gripping” (Publishers Weekly): In 1992, Chris McCandless abandoned his entire life to launch a doomed journey into the Alaskan wilderness. Chris’s sister tells his tragic story and her own in this New York Times bestseller with over 1,800 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A New York Times bestselling memoir: In the late 1960s, 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen’s life was changed forever when she was abruptly sent to a psychiatric hospital for two years. This “compelling and heartbreaking story” (The New York Times Book Review) was the basis for the Academy Award–winning film.

At the age of 17, Hyeonseo Lee escaped from North Korea. This extraordinary memoir follows her struggle for survival in a completely new land — and her eventual return to the border to rescue her family. A New York Times bestseller with over 37,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A “heartwarming story of love and redemption” (Library Journal) from a New York Times bestselling author: As Jon fell in love with Maria, he realized he’d have to win the approval of her fiercely protective rottweiler-shepherd mix, Frieda…

“Honest and engaging” (The New York Times): Three generations of women come together to sort out a lifetime of differences in this “emotionally raw memoir examining the delicate, inevitable shift from dependence to independence and back again” (O, The Oprah Magazine).

A New York Times bestseller: While in Spain, Michael Paterniti uncovered an astonishing true story about a small cheesemaking community — one that involved betrayal, theft, and murder. “A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling… Funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful” (Elizabeth Gilbert).