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4.9 / 5.0
Joanna Kadish's FLIRTING WITH EXTINCTION is a remarkable, heartfelt memoir that details the author's varied life, loves, and losses with exceptional poise.
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Though it would benefit from editing in places, A FAR CRY FROM YESTERDAY: Finding Tomorrow in Distant Lands is an engaging account of Manon Rinsma's...
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4.2 / 5.0
Though there are some wrinkles in the presentation, Richard Lowy's KALMAN AND LEOPOLD: Surviving Mengele's Auschwitz contains a story about Auschwitz's horrors that ought to...
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Rating:
4.6 / 5.0
From the intimate details of his wife’s battle with stage IV lung cancer to his own path through grief, Tony Stewart’s CARRYING THE TIGER: Living...
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3.9 / 5.0
Though it occasionally tacks close to some brands of pseudoscience, Lisa Peachey’s EVERYTHING IS NOT PEACHEY is a thoughtful, affecting, deeply personal account of chronic...
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2.5 / 5.0
Though the underlying material is of historic interest, Gordon Neale’s CYCLING 70 YEARS ONCE WORLD CHAMPION lacks a strong central narrative to elevate it from...
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February 28, 2025
BLUE SKIES, TROUBLED WATERS: AN AMERICAN TWIN’S WWII ODYSSEY IN MINAHASA, INDONESIA
By Martha Walandouw Lohn, Brian KimmelRating:
5.0 / 5.0
Martha Walandouw Lohn and Brian Kimmel's BLUE SKIES, TROUBLED WATERS: An American Twin's WWII Odyssey in Minahasa, Indonesia offers a unique perspective on a pivotal...
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4.5 / 5.0
Told with the thoughtful reflectiveness of a practiced yogi but with persistent emotional immediacy, Michael Shandler’s KARMA & KISMET is an excellent memoir of both...
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Rating:
4.8 / 5.0
Through powerful storytelling and unflinching honesty, Ernestine Whitman's COUNTERMELODIES: A Memoir in Sonata Form transcends genre boundaries—providing both a strong critique of classical music's patriarchal...
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Rating:
4.4 / 5.0
In HUMBLED ON PURPOSE, Maggie Michaels DeCan delivers a heartfelt memoir that describes a difficult childhood, a successful executive career, and a fulfilling transition into...
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3.5 / 5.0
Although afflicted with both a surfeit and a lack of detail in different ways, Kristina Ahlnäs’s KRISTINA'S CACHE: A Memoir of Adventure and Survival in...