“I’ve noticed that there are at least two perks to having a mental illness: I get to use mind-altering drugs legally, and I get to take frequent breaks from reality.” […]
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Author: Claire Ishi Ayetoro
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Memoir and Autobiography
Fifty First Dates After Fifty
Author: Carolyn Lee Arnold
Fifty First Dates After Fifty is a frolicking, often racy, memoir. After a seven-year relationship ends—with a man author Carolyn Lee Arnold describes as “a happy Buddhist beach boy in […]
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Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness
Author: Renée K. Nicholson
Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness recounts Renée K. Nicholson’s journey to become a professional ballet dancer, as well as the early retirement she was forced to take […]
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The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Author: Tracy Snipe (in conversation with Sarah Collins Rudolph)
The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church happened over 50 years ago. I probably learned about it from a spread in Life magazine. I knew nothing, though, about a […]
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Irma’s Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage
Author: Catherine Erhlich
What an absolutely amazing and fascinating memoir/history/biography. The author, Catherine Ehrlich, is the granddaughter of Irma (Hutter) Kolmar Ehrlich. Irma’s life (she was born in 1890) spanned the turn of […]
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Love in Any Language: A Memoir of a Cross Cultural Marriage
Author: Evelyn Kohl La Torre
A young American woman joins the Peace Corps and completes a stint in Peru. She finds love with young Peruvian man, whom she marries; they embark on a life adventure. […]
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