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Saga Boy
Taking place across continents, "Saga Boy" is the memoir of a Black Trinidadian who grew into his manhood in Canada, surrounded by whiteness and colonial legacies. Downing’s early childhood was filled with Anglican hymns, British-style...
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Distant Fathers
"Distant Fathers" is a memoir about displacement, disorientation, an identity fractured, and a family cracked by time, history, and the conditions and events of World War II Europe. Marina Jarre, who was born in 1925, writes about being...
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The Prisoner
For many, the Korean peninsula is shrouded in mystery. In his memoir "The Prisoner", esteemed writer and democracy activist Hwang Sok-yong illuminates the turbulence of twentieth-century Korean politics to reveal a society seeking...
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Yoke
Jessamyn Stanley is acclaimed for Every Body Yoga, which opened the practice to people of all shapes and sizes; her memoir, "Yoke", is intimate in recording how she discovered her true self. Tough yet sensitive to raw places in the soul,...
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Shooting out the Lights
Kim Fairley’s sensitive, probing memoir concerns her love for a much older man; their marriage was marked by silence and mystery. Fairley was twenty-four when she became captivated by Vern’s smile, wicked sense of humor, and rugged...
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Lilies in the Field
About life with schizoaffective disorder, the memoir "Lilies in the Field" is powerful in charting Kathy Anderson’s path to self-worth. Kathy Anderson’s poignant memoir "Lilies in the Field" deals with her mental illness and the...
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The Fin-Tastic Cleanup
"The Fin-Tastic Cleanup" is a lively picture book in which three mermaids learn about the dangers of the trash that enters the ocean every year. Three mermaids swim into action against ocean pollution in Laura Mancuso’s picture book,...
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Eala
In the empowering picture book "Eala", a bullied boy learns that magic lives in each human being. In Ayn Cates Sullivan’s bilingual picture book "Eala", a magical swan helps a boy to learn the truth about who he is. Hugo’s...