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Doppelgänger- Naomi Klein
Living My Life- Emma Goldman
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OH SISTER, HOW I’VE GOT YOU.
Chanel Miller–Know My Name, on reclaiming her life after Brock Turner
Fun Home–Alison Bechdel, a graphic novel about growing up queer in a funeral home with a closeted father
The Glass Castle–Jeannette Walls, about growing up with insane parents
Speak, Okinawa–Elizabeth Miki Brina, on growing up bi-racial, and her challenging relationship with her Okinawan mom
A Woman in Berlin–Anonymous, a diary kept by a German woman during the fall of Berlin in 1945 and in the immediate aftermath. A rough read.
All Ships Follow Me–Mieke Eerkens, A Dutch-American writer confronts the WWII trauma on both sides of her family
Shadow City–Taran M Khan, on walking Kabul
What My Bones Know–Stephanie Foo, on recovering from C-PTSD
Unorthodox–Deborah Feldman, on leaving Hasidic Judaism.
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot (originally sold as The Taliban Shuffle)–Kim Barker, on being a journalist in Afghanistan/Pakistan
Without You There Is No Us–Suki Kim, on being a Korean-American investigative reporter going undercover as a missionary going undercover as a professor in North Korea
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**Finding Me by Viola Davis** is one of the best memoirs I’ve read.
I listened to the audio version with Viola reading which is the best way to experience it. Amazing what she has had to endure and overcome.
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Two autobiographical graphic novels:
* *Ducks*, by Kate Beaton (of Hark! A Vagrant fame), about her time in the oil fields of Canada. It is rich, moving, disturbing, poignant.
* *Persepolis*, by Marjane Satrapi about growing up in post-revolution Iran. Fascinating, wonderfully creative storytelling and art.
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Malala
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If you want something _very weird_ but worthwhile: _Down Below_ by Leonora Carrington.
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{{I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou}}
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Space beneath my feet by Gwen Moffat.
She was the first woman to qualify as a mountain guide in the UK, was climbing in the immediate post WWII period.
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I loved Mary Karr’s The Liars Club
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Wavewalker by Suzanne Heywood. When she was a kid in England, her family sold their house for a vessel they decided to sail on down to the South Pacific. Bad idea…
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Personal History by Katharine Graham
In Pieces by Sally Field
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim
My Story by Elizabeth Smart
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Wild Swans by Jung Chang
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You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, by Rachel Corbett.
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Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black- Cookie Mueller
Doppelgänger- Naomi Klein
Living My Life- Emma Goldman
OH SISTER, HOW I’VE GOT YOU.
Chanel Miller–Know My Name, on reclaiming her life after Brock Turner
Fun Home–Alison Bechdel, a graphic novel about growing up queer in a funeral home with a closeted father
The Glass Castle–Jeannette Walls, about growing up with insane parents
Speak, Okinawa–Elizabeth Miki Brina, on growing up bi-racial, and her challenging relationship with her Okinawan mom
A Woman in Berlin–Anonymous, a diary kept by a German woman during the fall of Berlin in 1945 and in the immediate aftermath. A rough read.
All Ships Follow Me–Mieke Eerkens, A Dutch-American writer confronts the WWII trauma on both sides of her family
Shadow City–Taran M Khan, on walking Kabul
What My Bones Know–Stephanie Foo, on recovering from C-PTSD
Unorthodox–Deborah Feldman, on leaving Hasidic Judaism.
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot (originally sold as The Taliban Shuffle)–Kim Barker, on being a journalist in Afghanistan/Pakistan
Without You There Is No Us–Suki Kim, on being a Korean-American investigative reporter going undercover as a missionary going undercover as a professor in North Korea
**Finding Me by Viola Davis** is one of the best memoirs I’ve read.
I listened to the audio version with Viola reading which is the best way to experience it. Amazing what she has had to endure and overcome.
Two autobiographical graphic novels:
* *Ducks*, by Kate Beaton (of Hark! A Vagrant fame), about her time in the oil fields of Canada. It is rich, moving, disturbing, poignant.
* *Persepolis*, by Marjane Satrapi about growing up in post-revolution Iran. Fascinating, wonderfully creative storytelling and art.
Malala
If you want something _very weird_ but worthwhile: _Down Below_ by Leonora Carrington.
{{I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou}}
Space beneath my feet by Gwen Moffat.
She was the first woman to qualify as a mountain guide in the UK, was climbing in the immediate post WWII period.
I loved Mary Karr’s The Liars Club
Wavewalker by Suzanne Heywood. When she was a kid in England, her family sold their house for a vessel they decided to sail on down to the South Pacific. Bad idea…
Personal History by Katharine Graham
In Pieces by Sally Field
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim
My Story by Elizabeth Smart
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, by Rachel Corbett.