16 Aug 2024
6 New and Inspiring Biography and Memoir Books
If you find yourself drawn to the compelling stories and personal journeys, you’re not alone. To keep your reading fresh and inspiring, we’ve curated a list of six new releases that promise to captivate and uplift. Dive into these remarkable lives and discover the power of true stories.
Your Mindset Is Your Reality
by John Borden
Release Date: July 3, 2024
I thought I was just getting high. Little did I know when I took my first bite of magic mushrooms that my whole life was about to flip on its head. Psilocybin has been studied in recent years for its potential to help with mental health conditions. This is the story of how I found that out firsthand and changed the trajectory of my life.
Sara My Sara
by Florence Wetzel
Release Date: July 18, 2024
A poignant memoir of enduring friendship in the face of terminal illness. Author Florence Wetzel shares her profound bond with her friend Sara as they navigate Sara’s cancer diagnosis, and the loss and grief that follow. Sara My Sara explores the resilience of the human spirit and the unexpected insights that emerge through mourning.
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
by Tia Levings
Release Date: August 6, 2024
“Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn’t a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me.” Told in a beautiful, honest, and sometimes harrowing voice, A Well-Trained Wife is an unforgettable and timely memoir about a woman’s race to save herself and her family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marriage.
Object: A Memoir
by Kristin Louise Duncombe
Release Date: August 7, 2024
What happens when an American diplomat is exposed as a sexual abuser of young girls? In her searing memoir, Kristin Louise Duncombe takes us back to her childhood in West Africa, where her life is a tapestry of lazy family days by the pool and secret abuse at the hands of an esteemed member of the close-knit US Embassy community.
Wanted: Toddler’s Personal Assistant
by Stephanie Kiser
Release Date: August 6, 2024
What are the lives of America’s richest families really like? Their nannies see it all…Desperate to escape the poverty of her own childhood, Stephanie falls into a job that hijacks her life for the next seven years: a glorified personal assistant to toddlers on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi
Release Date: August 6, 2024
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker—how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance.
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