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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis in Books

Aug 5, 2018  
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J.D. Vance | 2016 | Biography
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8.2 (5 Ratings)
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This was listened to on audiobook on the drive from GA to NJ. It was a well told memoir and I am pretty sure the narrator was the actual author. It is a story about overcoming odds being stacked against you. This book made me think about things that need to be addressed if we ever expect things to get better overall in our country.
  
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Alyson Richman recommended When Breath Becomes Air in Books (curated)

 
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi | 2017 | Biography
9.3 (10 Ratings)
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"When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Kalanithi’s brave memoir chronicles in exquisite prose his brave battle with terminal illness, but rather than verge into depressing territory, it is a triumphant and inspiring read. His words make one rethink our perception of time—to not only imagine what we might achieve in the future, but to cherish the beauty that surrounds us in the present"

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Kevin Kwan recommended Lady in Waiting in Books (curated)

 
Lady in Waiting
Lady in Waiting
Anne Glenconner | 2020 | Biography, History & Politics
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"Anne’s frank, witty memoir of her incredible life within the nexus of British aristocracy—born the daughter of an earl, she was lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret and married to one of the most colorful eccentrics of the 20th century, Colin Tennant, the man who bought a barren rock in the Caribbean and turned it into the fabled jet-set paradise of Mustique."

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Reese Witherspoon recommended From Scratch in Books (curated)

 
From Scratch
From Scratch
Tembi Locke | 2019 | Biography, Health & Fitness
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"This beautiful memoir takes us on Tembi’s personal journey of love, parenthood, and ultimately the loss of her husband, Saro. She learns to heal in the most beautiful way—through the support of three generations of women—and yes, there’s Italian food. Lots and lots of Italian food! I can’t wait for you to fall in love with this book the way I did."

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John Krasinski recommended A Moveable Feast in Books (curated)

 
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway | 2000 | Biography
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I had the very good fortune of happening upon A Moveable Feast when I was visiting Paris, the backdrop of Hemingway’s most biographical book. May we all live at least one day as Ernest did! In this memoir of his time in Paris in the 1920s, he romanticizes a period in his life when he had very little by celebrating good books, good wine, and good friends."

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