Must-Read Biography & Memoir Books | May 2021
There have been some amazing new releases in biography & memoir recently and we wanted to share some of our favorites with you. You won’t want to miss these inspiring new releases from Todd Morrison, Anna Hamilton, John Green, Laura Coleman, Sebastian Junger, and Seth Rogen. We hope you enjoy!
A Profound Mercy
by Todd Morrison
Release Date: March 29, 2021
An extraordinary true story of abandonment, betrayal, risk and redemption that reads more like a novel than non-fiction. Wherever our journey may have taken us… whatever we’ve done or neglected to do… there is a profound mercy available to all of us – even in the depths of the pain and despair we may have brought on ourselves.
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by Anna Hamilton
Release Date: May 18, 2021
‘Boy’ is a little story about the few weeks in the lives of Hugh and Betty Roberts. An elderly couple living alone on a family farm in Iowa. They are buried deep in grief over the loss of their only child and struggling to hang on to the only life they have ever known when dementia sneaks in.
Buy on AmazonThe Anthropocene Reviewed
by John Green
Release Date: May 18, 2021
The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale—from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and Penguins of Madagascar.
Buy on AmazonThe Puma Years
by Laura Coleman
Release Date: June 1, 2021
Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life.
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by Sebastian Junger
Release Date: May 18, 2021
Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don’t coexist easily. We value individuality and self-reliance, yet are utterly dependent on community for our most basic needs. In this intricately crafted and thought-provoking book, Sebastian Junger examines the tension that lies at the heart of what it means to be human.
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by Seth Rogen
Release Date: May 11, 2021
Yearbook is a collection of true stories that I desperately hope are just funny at worst, and life-changingly amazing at best. (I understand that it’s likely the former, which is a fancy “book” way of saying “the first one.”) I talk about my grandparents, doing stand-up comedy as a teenager, bar mitzvahs, and Jewish summer camp, and tell way more stories about doing drugs than my mother would like.
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