Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing...
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Author:Giffords, Gabrielle D.Summary:Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, showed Americans how optimism, an adventurous spirit, and a call to service can help change the world. Their arrival in the spotlight came under the worst of...
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Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:When her niece Cat travels to a wedding in Italy, Isabel agrees to fill in at Cat's delicatessen. She takes note of a customer named Ian, who is avoiding chocolate--doctors say it's bad for the new heart he recently recieved. Ian is...
- Author:Jorgensen, LorrieSummary:
First Gear: A Motorcycle Memoir is a compelling story of childhood physical, emotional and sexual abuse that unrolls as the author, at age 50 and living with Multiple Sclerosis, rides her 2009 Harley-Davidson -- named Thelma D. -- from...
- Author:Ford, DarnellaSummary:
When a horrible accident kills Blaze James' father and scars her twin sister Aerial, Blaze is left in the care of exotic Felicity Hardaway. Felicity opens new vistas for Blaze. And as their relationship grows more intense, Blaze faces...
- Author:Arden, JannSummary:
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Based on her hugely popular Facebook posts and Instagram photos, Feeding My Mother is a frank, funny, inspirational and piercingly honest account of the transformation in Jann Arden's life that has turned...
- Author:Bowler, KateSummary:
"A meditation on sense-making when there's no sense to be made, on letting go when we can't hold on, and on being unafraid even when we're terrified."--Lucy Kalanithi Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity...
- Author:Levy, MarcSummary:
Que penser d'une femme qui choisit le placard de votre salle de bains pour y passer ses journées ? Qui s'étonne que vous puissiez la voir ? Qui disparaît et reparaît à sa guise et qui prétend être plongée dans un profond coma à...
- Author:Wong, TeresaSummary:
In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of a letter to her daughter Scarlet. Equal parts heartbreaking and funny, Dear Scarlet...
- Author:Kessler, LaurenSummary:
Biographer Lauren Kessler recounts her time at a West Coast Alzheimer's facility. Working as an unskilled resident assistant, Kessler learns important lessons about humanity while conducting interviews with patients in various stages of...
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Author:Bushkowsky, AaronSummary:Alex is a playwright suffering from writer’s block and harsh reviews. His best friend, Roy, is a theatre director with lung cancer and six months left to live. In pursuit of fresh air and great wine, they go on a road trip to the...
- Author:Beattie, MelodySummary:
Where recovery begins for many people, this inspiring, straightforward, personal explanation of what codependency is and who has it gives listeners the option to change unhealthy behaviors and stressful relationships, as they rediscover...
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Author:Knighton, RyanSummary:On his eighteenth birthday, Ryan Knighton was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa. Follow his story from absolute denial to acceptance of a life without vision and reliance on a cane. An irreverent memoir.
- Author:Knighton, RyanSummary:
An irreverent, tragicomic, astoundingly articulate memoir about going blind—and growing up On his eighteenth birthday, Ryan Knighton was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a congenital, progressive disease marked by night-blindness,...
- Author:Blais, OlivierSummary:
Terrible, la radiothérapie ? Et si on en riait ? Février 2017, dans le bureau d'un neurologue de l'hôpital Notre-Dame, on m'annonce que j'ai une tumeur à l'hypophyse. 19 juin, l'opération est réussie...
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Author:Pierrette DotriceSummary:Après ses aventures colorées au pays des loups spirituels, Chaperon Roux entreprend, à présent, le plus exquis, et aussi et le plus éprouvant des voyages: la découverte de sa féminité. D'abord garçon manqué, puis petite...
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Author:Pierrette DotriceSummary:Les vices d'une société matérialiste sévissent plus encore, et pernicieusement, dans les milieux du nouvel âge, qui prolifèrent aujourd'hui. Car un dogme, c'est connu, attire son contraire. L'histoire des...
- Author:Réhel, Jean-ChristopheSummary:
La route est longue d'un sous-sol de Repentigny jusqu'à la planète Tatouine. Surtout si l'on passe par le Super C, Central Park et le seizième étage du CHUM. Mais, pour l'esprit obsessif, rêveur et...
- Author:Melton, Glennon DoyleSummary:
Glennon Melton believes that by shedding our weapons and armor, we can stop hiding, competing, striving for the mirage of perfection, and ultimately build a better life in our hearts, homes, and communities. Readers will find a wise and...
- Author:Isaka, KōtarōSummary:
Nanao boards a bullet train with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. When he realizes four other assassins are on board, he realizes their missions are not as unrelated as they first appear.
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