Personal Memoir

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“What I feel, I cannot unfeel. What I know I cannot unknow. I can no longer escape my culpability, the mess that I have made. My crime is all I see. My crime is all there is.”

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In Spinster by Kate Bolick, we are taken on a journey of learning.

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Barney Frank came to Washington with Ronald Reagan in 1980. There ends any similarity between them.

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“What is family? Is it something we inherit, or is it something that we build? The book was the key to everything, the key to my life.

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Writer Dale Peck was a journalism student at Columbia University when he joined ACT-UP at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

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“A writer of extreme beauty, a shaper of divine sentences, Macdonald is also a memoirist who understands the power of telling a story . . .”

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“the message of hope and inspiration has the potential to help millions who are survivors of trauma and the people closest to them.”

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American Goulash tells Stephanie Yuhas’s childhood story with humor, pathos, and love.”

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Nazila Fathi is a woman of courage. She is also a very good writer.

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“The sense of being pulled in two directions begets tension, alienation, and flecks of enlightenment . . .”

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The Other Side is one woman's recounting of a traumatic incident filled with raw emotion and horror.

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According to Roz Savage every day is a choice: You can drift along or work. Drifting can be very pleasant. Work requires purposeful, intentional effort.

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There is a reason why you may not have heard of Miles Aldridge, and it is the same reason why this book is one of those memorable experiences that comes with discovery of the unexpected.

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“. . . a testament to a brave and courageous woman who will not give up.”

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“Emotional and thought provoking, this story confirms there is life after death for Believers.”

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“This Pulitzer Prize winner’s universal appeal . . . shines through in Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake . . .”

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“When it comes to memoirs, things don’t get more heartfelt than this. And when it comes to storytelling, few could match the humor, passion, and humanity of these pages.

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