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CinderGirl: My Journey Out of the Ashes to a Life of Hope

Christina Meredith - Zondervan
Format: Paperback

How is it possible for a young, homeless woman to overcome abuse, endure the foster care system, and rise to prominence to help others? CinderGirl tells Christina Merediths incredible story of how she overcame these hardships to earn the title of Miss California and become an advocate for the vulnerable.Born...
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Michael Finkel - ?Knopf
Format: Hardcover

One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world's most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser's...
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Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir

Joe Exotic - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

Seemingly overnight, the 2020 global pandemic forever changed the world as we knew it and forced millions to adjust to a new normal of isolation and working from home. But one thing - one man - managed to captivate us all: Joe Exotic, the Tiger King. More than just a true crime documentary,...
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This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman

Ilhan Omar - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar - the first African refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress.Ilhan Omar was only eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. The youngest of seven children, her mother...
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Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

Jeremy Denk - Random House
Format: Hardcover

In Every Good Boy Does Fine, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. His life is already a little tough as a precocious, temperamental six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey, and then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico. There, Denk must please a new taskmaster,...
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You Carried Me: A Daughter's Memoir

Melissa Ohden - Plough Publishing House; 2nd edition
Format: Paperback

Now in paperback with a new epilogue by Melissa Ohden and her birth mother. 2018 Christianity Today Book Award, CT Women 2018 Illumination Book Awards, Biography & Memoir when she learns she is the survivor of a botched abortion. In this intimate memoir she details for the first time...
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One Life

Megan Rapinoe - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Megan Rapinoe is one of the world's most talented athletes. But beyond her massive professional success on the soccer field, Rapinoe has become an icon and ally to millions, boldly speaking out on the issues that matter most. In recent years, she's become one of the faces of the equal...
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Little Matches: A Memoir of Grief and Light

Maryanne O'Hara - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of The Year of Magical Thinking and Beautiful Boy, an emotionally raw and inspiring memoir that illuminates a mother's grief over the loss of her adult child and considers the hope of soulful connections that transcend the boundary of life and death.When their only child...
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Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

Hannah Gadsby - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Multi-award-winning Hannah Gadsby broke comedy with her show Nanette when she declared that she was quitting stand-up. Now, she takes us through the defining moments in her life that led to the creation of Nanette and her powerful decision to tell the truth - no matter the cost."There...
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Born Trump: Inside America's First Family

EMILY JANE FOX - Harper
Format: Hardcover

As a writer at Vanity Fair covering the Trump family, Emily Jane Fox has spent the last year doing a deep dive into the lives of the President's children. She's developed a personal relationship with Ivanka and has cultivated sources close to Eric, Donald Jr., and Tiffany. She has scoured...
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