Category: Memoir & Autobiography
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The Wives

An intimate memoir about marriage, friendship, and the power of human connection tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army wives.
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The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America

A groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of Tribal enrollment, and what it means to be Native American in the United States.
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Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class

A memoir of hardscrabble living, from foster care to the Air Force to Yale, with observations about elite universities.
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Troubled

A memoir of hardscrabble living, from foster care to the Air Force to Yale, with observations about elite universities.
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While You Were Out

A searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them.
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While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

A searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them.
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Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, & Unbreakable Bonds

A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and one of their high-profile murder cases.
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Dear Sister

A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and one of their high-profile murder cases.
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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

In this memoir, Deborah Feldman reveals what life is like trapped within the Hasidic Jewish religious sect that values silence & suffering over individual freedoms.
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Unorthodox

In this memoir, Deborah Feldman reveals what life is like trapped within the Hasidic Jewish religious sect that values silence & suffering over individual freedoms.
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