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One Way Back: A Memoir

Christine Blasey Ford - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The compelling true story behind the testimony that awed the nation . On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. She described an alleged sexual...
 
 
The Devil to Pay: A Mobster's Road to Perdition

Sean Scott Hicks - Blackstone Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Goodfellas meets the Irish mob in The Devil to Pay, the incredible true story of one man's unconventional upbringing in the criminal gangs of Boston and his eventual road to redemption.Growing up in South Boston, Sean Scott Hicks was running jobs for the Irish mob before his voice changed....
 
 
The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon's Story of Bravery, Survival, and Hope

Dr. Cornelia Griggs - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic, unforgettable, and ultimately cathartic diary of a young pediatric surgeon and mother working on the front lines as the COVID-19 pandemic hit one of New York City's busiest hospitals.. In the spring of 2020, many of us were sequestered in our homes, attempting to teach...
 
 
The Cave: A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria

Amani Ballour - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria. Simply put, there is no one in Syria with a story like Dr. Amani Ballour's. The only woman to have ever run a wartime hospital, she saved...
 
 
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan - Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists - Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans - who came together to create the most iconic jazz album...
 
 
All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

Elizabeth Comen - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

A surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around women's health.For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like...
 
 
Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History

Margaret Juhae Lee - Melville House
Format: Hardcover

"Absorbing...Starry Field reminds us that even knowing where we came from won't tell us where we're going - but it will help along the way." Susan Choi, National Book Award winning author of Trust ExerciseA poignant memoir for readers who love Pachinko and The Return by journalist...
 
 
The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle

Anna Shechtman - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen's Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator's compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women's work and feminist protest. The indisputable...
 
 
The Manicurist's Daughter: A Memoir

Susan Lieu - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery.. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam...
 
 
A Very Private School: A Memoir

Charles Spencer - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend boarding school.. A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, first-hand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Charles Spencer attended in his youth and provides important...