This is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before.
A Million Little Pieces (Oprah's Book Club): Frey
This is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake and it begins when, aged eleven, she is orphaned and placed in the 'care' of sadistic foster parents.
A Piece of Cake: A Memoir: Brown, Cupcake
A story of alienation and connection, devastation and renewal, at once joyous, heartbreaking, poignant, mystical, and powerfully, profoundly human.
I Know This Much Is True: A Novel : Lamb, Wally
A remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant.
The Glass Castle: Walls, Jeannette
This bold novel set in the 18th century is both a love story and heist adventure spanning fifty years across three nations. With rich and transportive storytelling, you'll want to read this in one sitting.
Loot by Tania James
in a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman
Practicing how to be present instead of perfect
Present Over Perfect - Shauna Niequist
Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery.