Browsing: Notable Women

From the daughter of one of America’s most virulent segregationists, a memoir that reckons with her father George Wallace’s legacy…

From a New York Times bestselling author: This dramatic biography of Queen Eleanor, who was married to two 12th-century kings and boldly claimed her own power, is “exhilarating in its color, ambition, and human warmth” (Publishers Weekly). With over 4,200 five-star Goodreads ratings!

The instant New York Times bestseller.An international bestseller.“Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that…

After falling off a horse, Sarah Vallance was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. In this “powerful” memoir (Kirkus Reviews), she recounts her struggle to reclaim her life — and her eventual path to healing.

Tiffany Jenkins takes a candid and raw look at her years of addiction — from the months she spent in a Florida jail to her eventual recovery process. An honest, unflinching read with over 7,900 five-star Goodreads ratings.

After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill women”…

Lisa Wingate’s #1 New York Times bestselling Before We Were Yours centered around a chilling practice that began in 1920s Tennessee: Children were kidnapped, then placed with adoptive parents. This book recounts the true stories of survivors — and how some managed to find their way back to their birth families.

“A staggering narrative about the forgotten women of the Holocaust” (New York Times bestselling author Gail Sheehy): In March 1942, nearly 1,000 Jewish women unknowingly boarded a train to Auschwitz. This harrowing look into their stories is an important contribution to Holocaust literature.

Based on real events from the life and family history of the bestselling author of “Away From Here: A Young…

Lexington, Kentucky, 1859. After saving John Hunt Morgan from a puma attack, fifteen-year-old farm boy Will Crump joins Hunt’s militia,…