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(Links for the US) Fascinating Memoirs to read, ideal for bookworms!
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items I LOVE reading memoirs. It's like opening a window into the private thoughts, and thought process, of individuals… Always fascinating to me! Here are some of my fave memoir reads! **This list has US bookstore links. If you are in Canada, find my othe...
A captivating coming of age memoir by Cea Sunrise Person, growing in the midst of her unconventional family. (Affiliate link)
North Of Normal: A Wilderness Childhood and Counterculture Family
Absolutely devoured this book! Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, the victim of an horrible crime, and Ronald Cotton, falsely condemned for the crime until proven innocent after 11years in prison, write this gut-wrenching book together. Each of their stories...
Picking Cotton: a victim and a falsely condemned man write a book together.
An engaging memoir about identity, acting, and finding the strength to be who you really are. (affiliate link)
Pageboy: A Memoir
The story of a girl growing up in a dysfunctional family, albeit a colorful and fascinating one. (affiliate link)
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Métis-Cree Jesse Thistle survived foster care and the streets, addiction and homelessness in the streets. An absorbing story of resilience! (affiliate link)
From the Ashes, a Story of being Métis, homeless, and finding his way
The memoir (that inspired the movie by the same name), which has more accuracy of course, and much more details. Must read! (affiliate link)
Wild: From Lost to Found, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail to find herself
Camas finds herself in an unhappy relationship and an unhappy job as a magazine editor and journalist. She leaves everything and decides to spend the summer in farm-to-table town in France. She learns all she can about small-scale butchery, including...
Killing It; leaving everything to passionately learn small-scale butchery
The story that inspired the movie with the same name! Follow Julie's path to discovering French cooking, and herself. (affiliate link)
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
Absolutely devoured this book! Stéphane Larue takes us inside a restaurant kitchen, and inside his life. Fast paced, no frills, the good bad and ugly, including his struggle with addiction, and life. Anyone who's ever worked in a kitchen will absolut...
The Dishwasher; an insider look peeking into a restaurant kitchen
Amber Scorah is a third generation jehovah's witness, and ultimately finds herself in China on a mission to convert the masses. Being away from her usual environment, she slowly has many realizations which ends up making her decide to leave the group...
Leaving The Witness: Exiting A Religion And Finding A Life
Up until his death, Perry struggled with addiction and negative self-worth. This memoir he wrote tells it ALL. Must read! (affiliate link)
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Lauren Manning is roped into the white supremacy world thru music and online community groups, before finding truth and a path to extract herself from it all. The book is from her perspective, as well as her mother's perspective on what transpired. (...
Walking Away From Hate: A daughter and mother's Journey Through Extremism
Michelle tells her story of being kidnapped and tortured (along withAmanda Berry and Gina DeJesus) for almost 11 years in Ariel Castro's house, until they finally are able to escape. Both horrific and entrancing, it's an absolutely captivating memoir...
Finding Me, Michelle Knight's survival of kidnapping for over 10 years
Danielle Allen tells the story of her cousin, Micheal Alexander Allen, arrested at 15 for car jacking and tried as an adult. He spends 11 years in prison, where he learns how to be a firefighter. Everything seems to be heading into a more positive di...
Cuz: The Life And Times Of Michael A.
Susannah wakes up in a hospital, strapped down and with no memory of why she's there. This story is about mental-health, memory, hope and medical mystery. (affiliate link)
Brain on Fire: A Month of mental-health crisis
Michelle McNamara was a stellar researcher, obsessed with justice and finding THE clue that would reveal a serial rapist and murderer that terrorized California, the Golden State Killer. Unfortunately, she passed away before we all found out who that...
One Woman's Obsessive Search For The Golden State Killer