Memoir genre books (498)
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Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
RwandaDescription:
Mukasonga unsparingly resurrects the horrors of the Rwandan geocide while lyrically recording the quieter moments of daily life with her family—a moving tribute to all those who are displaced, who suffer. Mukasonga’s extraordinary, lyrical, and heartbreaking book … is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about the endurance of the human spirit and who hopes for a better world. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Los Angeles Review of Books Scholastique Mukasonga’s Cockroaches is a compelling chronicle of the author’s childhood in the years leading up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In a spare and pen... continue
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Come : A Memoir by Rita Therese EN
AustraliaDescription:
Bold, brave and darkly funny, COME is the extraordinary story of Melbourne sex worker Rita Therese and the love, sex and death she has experienced in her life so far.
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Conversations with Tom Petty (Expanded Edition) by Paul Zollo EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
This expanded edition of the first authorized book on Tom Petty, and the only one in his own words, includes additional interviews, articles and reviews.
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Crazy Brave : A Memoir by Joy Harjo EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, Crazy Brave is a haunting, visionary memoir about family and the breaking apart nec... continue
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Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Series, here Danticat tells stories of artists who create despite (or because of) the horrors that drove them from their homelands. Combining memoir and essay, these moving and eloquent pieces examine what it means to be an artist from a country in crisis. BONUS MATERIAL: This edition includes an excerpt from E... continue
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Dancing in the mosque by Homeira Qaderi EN
Country: Asia / 
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother's unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
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Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey by Ozge Samanci EN
TurkeyDescription:
Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability. Her dad expected Ozge, like her sister, to become an engineer. She tried to hear her own voice over his and the religious and militaristic tensions of Turkey and the conflicts between secularism and fundamentalism. Could she be a scuba diver like Jacques Cousteau? A stage actress? Would it be possible to please everyone including herself? In her unpredictable and funny graphic memoir, Ozge recounts her story using inventive collages, weaving together images... continue
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Daughter of Gloriavale by Lilia Tarawa EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women. She describes her fear when her family questioned Gloriavale's beliefs and practices.
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Daughter of the Enemy by Marie Pal-Brown EN
GermanyDescription:
The memoir of a child growing up in wartime and postwar Germany. Her father is killed in battle on the Eastern Front. At age 16, she first learns about the Holocaust. Then begins a reckoning with Germany's horrific past that, eventually, leads her to the Baltic country of Latvia, in search of the father she lost.