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ISBN: 9780593320525
Title: I was better last night / Harvey Fierstein: A revealing, poignant, and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Award winner; Harvey Fierstein.
Author: Fierstein, Harvey, 1952- author.
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ISBN: 9780316267656
Title: Left on Tenth : a second chance at life / Delia Ephron: The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story in her "resplendent memoir," complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution.
Author: Ephron, Delia, author.
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ISBN: 9780399180514
Title: Comedy comedy comedy drama / Bob Odenkirk: Bob Odenkirk's career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explain it here, because that is what memoirs are for.
Author: Odenkirk, Bob, 1962- author.
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ISBN: 9781982185824
Title: I'm glad my mom died / Jennette McCurdy: A memoir by Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
Author: McCurdy, Jennette, 1992- author.
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ISBN: 9780374282301
Title: The facemaker: a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I / Lindsey Fitzharris: The pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers.
Author: Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982- author.
Go back to where you came from
ISBN: 9780393867978
Title: Go back to where you came from: and other helpful recommendations on how to become American / Wajahat Ali: In this refreshingly bold, hopeful, and uproarious memoir, Ali offers indispensable lessons for cultivating a more compassionate, inclusive America.
Author: Ali, Wajahat, author.
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ISBN: 9781538719268
Title: The master : the long run and beautiful game of Roger Federer / Christopher Clarey: The Master tells the story of Federer's life and career on both an intimate and grand scale, in a way no one else could possibly do.
Author: Clarey, Christopher, author.
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ISBN: 9781400333875
Title: The stories we tell / Joanna Gaines: In her first solo memoir, Joanna Gaines invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey into her story--and helps shine a light on the beauty of our own--guiding us to release the weights that hold us back.
Author: Gaines, Joanna, 1978- author.
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ISBN: 9781982107703
Title: Three girls from Bronzeville : a uniquely American memoir of race, fate, and sisterhood / Dawn Turner: memoir about three Black girls from Chicago that offers a penetrating exploration of race, opportunity, friendship, and sisterhood.
Author: Turner, Dawn, author.
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ISBN: 9781328662057
Title: Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed / Lori Gottlieb: A hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world--where her patients are looking for answers.
Author: Gottlieb, Lori, author.
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ISBN: 9780802129086
Title: Solitary : unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement / Albert Woodfox: Solitary is the life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, all for a crime he did not commit.
Author: Woodfox, Albert, author.
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ISBN: 9780593083369
Title: Orwell's roses / Rebecca Solnit: A biography and literary criticism that explores the relation between George Orwell's interest in gardening and his other authorial and political commitments.
Author: Solnit, Rebecca, author.