Biography & Autobiography, Women
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Forever Tourmaline
by Karen L. Moran
In a bohemian mountain village in southern California, Karen grows up surrounded by free spirits and dissidents. The child of artists, her natural path is to become one, but her dreams call her out into the unfamiliar and dangerous world. One day, ...
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My Soul On Ice
An Unconventional Third Way to Rebuild a Life After Betrayal by Anne-Remy Jones
Five decades of marriage. Such a milestone should be a cause for celebration. But that never happened—not in any conventional way. For Anne-Remy Jones, a woman in her seventies, life as she knew it had been derailed by a dark secret. One that her ...
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Getting to Know You
Letters to My Family by Eleanor King Byers
The act of writing a letter to a deceased family member brings them back in interesting ways. And when the recipient of that letter is someone you never knew…that is when the true marvel begins. Getting to Know You is a collection of letters written ...
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Faith, Belief and Infinite Possibilities
by Andrea Thomas
FAITH, BELIEF, AND INFINITE POSSIBILITIES is a deeply personal memoir that takes readers on an exploration of the author's life. With an unwavering belief in the infinite possibilities that lie before us, the author invites readers to join her on a ...
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The Blind Girl Sees
Seeing Through the Heart and Not the Eyes by Amber Needham
NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER, ranking # 1 in 9 categories on 3 continents. At fifty years of age, Amber Needham suddenly went from having perfect vision to becoming blind. Despite the life-changing tragedy of losing her sight and the frustrating ...
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From Coal Oil Lanterns to FaceTime
A Memoir by Donalda Dawn Dube
From Coal Oil Lanterns to FaceTime spans over 95 years of family life in rural northern New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Montreal, Ottawa, and Halifax. In this thought-provoking, emotional and compelling story, the author details her mother’s ...
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My Invisible Scars
by Willa-Mae E. Scot
Like the best of memoir writing, My Invisible Scars is alternately brutally honest, sad, triumphant, tense, motivating, uncomfortable, and unforgettable. Relying on journals that she has kept since childhood, Canadian author Willa-Mae E. Scot ...
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Paths I Have Walked
by Jo Ann Fuson Staples
Despite what Jo Ann Fuson Staples might tell you, she is no ordinary woman. She has led a remarkable life, full of adventure, love, hardship, and survival. Raised in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky, she comes from a long line of strong ...
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Walk
With Each Step There's Hope by Rosaline Christensen
"On October 6, 1981, I had a fifteen-and-a-half-hour surgery; it was autumn; the leaves were changing colour. The landscape was changing, and so was I. The lengthy surgery and long recovery left me with significant emotional, physical, and spiritual ...
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When Joys Were Vivid
An Immigration Memoir by Catharina Kooman
We were put onto a boat and set adrift. Often Catharina ponders the life-changing April morning in 1951 when she and her family boarded the Volendam in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on a voyage to Quebec City, Canada. For her, these words symbolize ...
