Popular Memoirs: All about me...or at least the parts I want to write about

Boys in the Trees : a Memoir by Carly Simon Eat, Pray, Love Made Me Do It : Life Journeys Inspired by A People Magazine top ten book of the year. the Best Selling Memoir Introduction by Elizabeth Gilbert Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gil- inspiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories bert's Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenome- behind writing "Anticipation" and "We Have No non, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths Secrets" among many others. Romantic entangle- they never thought possible, in search of their own best ments with some of the most famous men of the selves. Nearly 50 readers share their stories. The journeys day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the they recount are transformative--sometimes hilarious, unraveling of her storybook marriage to James sometimes heartbreaking, but always deeply inspiring . Taylor. Find it at 782.42164 Find it at New Non-Fiction 158.1

Delta Lady by Rita Coolidge Spaceman : An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and Mysteries of the Universe by Mike Massimino songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate A memoir by an unlikely astronaut who helped save the memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, Hubble telescope describes his early attempts to gain admis- heritage, and resilience sion into NASA, his first spacewalks, the loss of his fellow Find it at Non-Fiction 782.42164 astronauts in the Columbia disaster, and his ongoing support of future space travel ventures. Find it at New Non-Fiction 629.45

The Mommy Group by Elizabeth Isadora Gold Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin In a heartfelt memoir and a revealing look at the Intelligent, funny, and heartfelt, Primates of Park Avenue state of modern parenthood, the author shares her lifts a veil on a secret, elite world within a world-the exotic, experiences with starting a mommy group with six fascinating, and strangely familiar culture of privileged Man- other women that turned into an unbreakable bond hattan motherhood. Find it at B Martin of female friendship as they supported, laughed and learned lessons from one another. Find it at Non-Fiction 306.8743 It Was Me All Along ; A Memoir by Andie Mitchell Russian Tattoo : A Memoir by Elena Gorokhova A heartbreakingly honest, endearing memoir of incredi- Russian Tattoo is the story of a unique balancing act ble weight loss by a young food blogger who battles and a family struggle: three generations of strong body image issues and overcomes food addiction to find women with very different cultural values, all living self-acceptance. under the same roof and battling for control. Find it Find it at B Mitchell at B Gorokhova

Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew Bettyville : A Memoir by George Hodgman We know Kate Mulgrew for the strong women she's When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his played--Captain Janeway on Star Trek; the tough-as- hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself--an un- nails "Red" on Orange is the New Black. Now, we likely caretaker and near-lethal cook--in a head-on meet the most inspiring and memorable character collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit of all herself. Find it at B Mitchell and will. Find it at B Hodgman

Heart of Glass : A Memoir by Wendy Lawless In this edgy and romantic follow-up to her New Freedom My Book of Firsts by Jacee Dugard York Times bestselling debut memoir, Chanel Bon- In the follow-up to her memoir "A Stolen Life," the author fire , Wendy Lawless chronicles her misguided tells the story of her first experiences after years in captiv- twenties--a darkly funny story of a girl without a ity, the joys that accompanied her new found freedom, roadmap for life who flees her disastrous past to and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own. Find it find herself in the gritty heart of 1980s New York at B Dugard City. Find it at B Lawless

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