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6 Memoir Reads for New Perspectives

6 Memoir Reads for New Perspectives

Discover profound insights in six captivating memoirs, offering unique perspectives and tales of resilience, fostering personal growth and understanding.


Pass the Salt

by Robert Kingett

Release Date: April 2 2024

Online dating is never easy. But when Robert Kingett stepped out onto the dating scene, he faced additional challenges as a gay man living with blindness, cerebral palsy, and a speech impediment. Pass the Salt is a hilarious and moving account of Robert’s dating adventures, guaranteed to make you laugh, make you think, and above all, inspire you.

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I’m Not Dead…Yet

by Dr. Joshua Caraballo

Release Date: April 2 2024

In “I’m Not Dead…Yet: How I Turned My Misfortunes Into Strengths,” Industrial-Organizational Psychologist Dr. Joshua J. Caraballo takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the depths of his personal struggles and triumphant resilience. With poignant honesty, Joshua shares his battles with mental health, addiction, and much more.

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A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria

by Caroline Crampton

Release Date: April 23 2024

Through intimate personal stories and compelling cultural perspectives, A Body Made of Glass brings this uniquely ephemeral condition into much-needed focus for the first time.

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The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

by Susan Page

Release Date: April 23 2024

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page.

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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

by Salman Rushdie

Release Date: April 16 2024

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him.

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By the Time You Read This

by April Simpkins & Cheslie Kryst

Release Date: April 23 2024

By the Time You Read This is the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before her tragic suicide. Her mother, April, wraps up the narrative by exploring the mental illness and depression that took her daughter’s life.

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