5 Excellent Memoirs by Women | The Book Castle | 2018

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  • Educated: A Memoir

    • ASIN: 0399590501
    • Brand: Manning
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • Freckled: A Memoir of Growing up Wild in Hawaii

    • ASIN: B07J9LYX1P
    • Manufacturer: Neal Enterprises

    For fans of The Glass Castle and Educated, comes mystery author Toby Neal’s personal story of surviving a wild childhood in paradise.We never call it homeless. We're just "camping" in the jungle on Kauai...We live in a place everyone calls paradise. Sure, Kauai’s beautiful, with empty beaches, drip-castle mountains, and perfect surf...but we�... [Read More]

  • BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: A Daughter's Story

    • ASIN: B078S2K5CT
    • Manufacturer: Daniella DeChristopher LLC

    This story is about an Italian Catholic family that came to America on vacation and never returned to their homeland. When their youngest unwed daughter became pregnant, her family disowned her. It was 1949. Abortions were illegal. She was seventeen when she gave birth. She was my mother.This book chronicles the effects the birth of an unwanted chi... [Read More]

  • Spilled Milk: Based On A True Story

    • ASIN: B00D9GY2BU

    "Randis later would testify at a criminal trial against her father, who was sentenced to prison for his crimes. He was sentenced to up to 16 years in 2004. Her painful — and ultimately triumphant — story is recounted in Randis' first novel, "Spilled Milk." - Brown, Stacy. Interview with the Pocono Record Newspaper "Spilled Milk is a story abou... [Read More]

  • The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies

    • ASIN: B075K3H9G3
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: HarperAudio

    Joining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II. ... [Read More]

  • Becoming

    • ASIN: B079ZYWJJ8
    • Manufacturer: Crown

    An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States  #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United Stat... [Read More]

  • The Hideaway

    • ASIN: B01HAK33TC
    • Brand: Thomas Nelson
    • Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

    Now a USA TODAY and Amazon Charts Bestseller!“A story both powerful and enchanting: a don’t-miss novel in the greatest southern traditions of storytelling.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling authorWhen her grandmother’s will wrenches Sara back home to Sweet Bay, Alabama, she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake... [Read More]

  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

    • ASIN: 0425261018
    • ISBN: 0425261018
    • Brand: Jenny Lawson
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

    The #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy.“Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah MagazineWhen Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, ... [Read More]

  • Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

    • ASIN: B00V37BC4C
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

  • That Month in Tuscany

    • ASIN: 0997341521
    • ISBN: 0997341521
    • Manufacturer: Fence Free Entertainment, LLC

    Bestselling, RITA Ⓡ Award Winning author Inglath Cooper writes you the perfect excuse to put down the to do list and get lost in a trip to Tuscany with resigned-to-her-life housewife Lizzy Harper and burnt-out rock star Ren Sawyer. . .If you had told me I would be heading off to Italy to celebrate my twenty-year anniversary without my workaholic ... [Read More]

  • The Silent Wife: A gripping emotional page turner with a twist that will take your breath away

    • ASIN: B01NBDMFWA
    • Brand: Bookouture
    • Manufacturer: Bookouture

    Would you risk everything for the man you loved? Even if you knew he’d done something terrible?‘A heart-wrenching and gripping tale. I was hooked from the very first page.’ Write Escape Lara’s life looks perfect on the surface. Gorgeous doting husband Massimo, sweet little son Sandro and the perfect home. Lara knows something about Massimo... [Read More]

  • The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

    • ASIN: B01MF8LTP4
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Abrams ComicArts

    National bestseller2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui.   This b... [Read More]

  • Surviving The Forest: A WW2 Historical Novel, Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor

    • ASIN: B07NDYGQ45

    Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate …She was a beautiful and happy young woman who lived a fairytale life. Shurka, her beloved husband and their two small children lived in a pretty house in a village in Poland, surrounded by a little garden with lilies. This was their life and nothing could harm it, or so they thought…WWII broke ... [Read More]

  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

    • ASIN: B07BZ4F75T
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  • Five Years, Eleven Months and a Lifetime of Unexpected Love: A Memoir

    • ASIN: 1522838449
    • ISBN: 1522838449
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    Finalist: 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Spirituality Category"Brilliant photographs ... a talented writer ... her descriptions are lyrical and evocative." -- Kirkus Reviews"This makes Eat, Pray, Love look like a summer vacation ... An important historical and spiritual journey told seamlessly." -- The BookLife PrizeIn 1971, at age 20,... [Read More]

  • Always With Me: An Inspiring Memoir About Love & Loss

    • ASIN: B07MVBYYC4

    This is the story of a significant life, loving and happiness despite the absent, the break, the loss.This is the story of a man and woman, a blessed couple, who spent their time together, hand in hand. This is a song about joy, togetherness, and deep faith. This is a story of love that survives separation by illness and then death.This is a love s... [Read More]

  • Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

    • ASIN: 125003289X
    • ISBN: 9781250032898
    • Brand: ST MARTINS
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac’s mesmerizing frontwoman.” - People Magazine"Davis is astute and respectful...adept in his literary analysis." - The New York Times Book ReviewStevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At sixty-nine, she's one o... [Read More]

  • Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

    • ASIN: B00F3QYL06
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Open Road Media

    In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America’s first families.  J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—and coordinated its daily life—at the request of the president and his family. He... [Read More]

  • The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table

    • ASIN: 1400040418
    • ISBN: 1400040418
    • Manufacturer: Knopf

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Including seventy-four mouthwatering Bragg family recipes for classic southern dishes passed down through genera... [Read More]

  • Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope

    • ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
    • Manufacturer: Harper

    The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.Eastern Europe, 1944: Thre... [Read More]

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