Women in Their Own Words

by Nell Irvin Painter

A spirited chronicle of transformation and personal triumph. Full review >

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by Leslie Jamison

The bracing, unflinching, and beautifully resonant history of a writer’s addiction and hard-won reclamation. Full review >

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by Cecile Richards with Lauren Peterson

A memoir that makes palpable the immense influence of an organization that has improved so many women’s lives. Full review >

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by Marcia Gay Harden

Praise, love, and honor all play roles in this respectful, highly affectionate memoir about a spirited mother-daughter... Full review >

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by Kimberly Harrington

Bitterly hilarious in spots. Full review >

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by Clemantine Wamariya & Elizabeth Weil

Not quite as attention-getting as memoirs by Ismail Beah or Scholastique Mukasonga, but a powerful record of the refugee... Full review >

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by Porochista Khakpour

A courageously intimate memoir about living within a body that has “never felt at ease.” Full review >

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