Natasha Trethewey’s Mississippi inflection is soothing as she lays out her tale, and listeners will feel totally at ease as they hear a master at work.
In beautiful prose, May shows us that there are benefits to leaning in to difficult times, even though our culture is set up to resist them.
Throughout this candid, accomplished memoir, actress Demi Moore provides fascinating insight into the movie business.
This is a well-rounded, well-written portrait of an artist that will appeal to anyone who loves a good celebrity memoir.
Homeira Qaderi’s searing memoir Dancing in the Mosque tells the story of one woman who could not conform to the strictures of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Ruth Coker Burks tells of HIV-positive men in the deeply conservative state of Arkansas, where the stigma of homosexuality is nearly as deadly as the virus.
Phelps-Roper writes with unflinching honesty about questioning long-held beliefs in this courageous, hopeful memoir.
In crafting a moving narrative of his father’s life during an era of fear, Maraniss explores themes of patriotism and loyalty, racism and activism.
Neumann’s book is at once a suspenseful tale of survival and a poignant tribute to her father.
Honest, tender and moving, this memoir combines a stranger-than-fiction plotline with insights readers will savor.
The most illuminating parts of The Sediments of Time recount the years Meave Leakey spent hunting for the fossilized remains of our species’ precursors.
Christa Parravani’s new memoir, Loved and Wanted, situates the narrative of her unexpected pregnancy within the context of reproductive journalism and research.
I’ll Be Seeing You is a diary of the decline of Elizabeth Berg’s parents that shines with her signature vulnerability, honesty, humor and grace.
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