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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
361 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the author's journey from the painful deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the United States, where she endured five jobs, crime, and a painful marriage before the birth of a daughter inspired her writing career.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
382 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of true stories and nonfiction pieces, spanning nearly three decades, that, read together, paint an intimate portrait of a literary legend's life and career.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
227 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the author's marriage to the favorite son of local orchard-owners whose bad luck makes them seem cursed and depicts the newlyweds' life on the farm amidst pesticides, environmental destruction, and death.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
192 p.
Language
English
Description
Written from the crossroads of sex, race, and power in America, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir and a haunting reflection of the nation as a whole.
17) Limbo: a memoir
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
269 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author describes her early dream of becoming a concert pianist, the mysterious muscle disorder that forced her to give up that plan and led to confinement in a wheelchair, and her discovery of the wonderful world of writing.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A #1 New York Times best-selling author and Newbery Medalist offers a memoir that poetry, letters, recipes and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with"--
19) Mom & me & mom
Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In this book the author details what brought her mother to send her away and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence, a presence absent during much of the author's early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old...