50 Books like Now I Am Known

A Chance in the World

by Steve Pemberton • 2012

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

4.27

6k+

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir 📖 Reading As Escape 🌓 Mixed Race Identity

A Chance in the World 96%

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

by Steve Pemberton 2012

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir 📖 Reading As Escape 🌓 Mixed Race Identity

Never Stop Walking

by Christina Rickardsson • 2016

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

3.98

10k+

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Dual Identity 🗣️ Adoptee Voices

Never Stop Walking 94%

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

by Christina Rickardsson 2016

3.98

10k+ ratings

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Dual Identity 🗣️ Adoptee Voices

A Boy Without Hope

by Casey Watson • 2018

The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.

4.29

1k+

🏠 Foster Care System 👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🩹 Trauma-Informed Care 🔗 Attachment Theory

A Boy Without Hope 93%

The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.

by Casey Watson 2018

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care System 👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🩹 Trauma-Informed Care 🔗 Attachment Theory

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚫 Sexual Violence In War 💔 War Trauma

Tears of the Desert 93%

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚫 Sexual Violence In War 💔 War Trauma

A Child Called "It"

by Dave Pelzer • 1995

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

4.14

463k+

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

A Child Called "It" 93%

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

by Dave Pelzer 1995

4.14

463k+ ratings

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

A Piece of Cake

by Cupcake Brown • 2006

At eleven she found her mother dead. By twenty, she was smoking crack behind a Dumpster.

4.26

39k+

🥃 Addiction Memoirs 🏠 Foster Care 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🤝 Twelve-Step Recovery 🕊️ Grief Memoirs

A Piece of Cake 93%

At eleven she found her mother dead. By twenty, she was smoking crack behind a Dumpster.

by Cupcake Brown 2006

4.26

39k+ ratings

🥃 Addiction Memoirs 🏠 Foster Care 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🤝 Twelve-Step Recovery 🕊️ Grief Memoirs

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73k+

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

A House in the Sky 93%

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

by Amanda Lindhout 2013

4.28

73k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

A Long Way Gone

by Ishmael Beah • 2007

The army gave him cocaine and an AK-47 at 13. UNICEF pulled him out at 16.

4.16

195k+

🪖 Child Soldiers 🌍 African Conflict 💔 War Trauma 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🩹 Post-Conflict Healing

A Long Way Gone 93%

The army gave him cocaine and an AK-47 at 13. UNICEF pulled him out at 16.

by Ishmael Beah 2007

4.16

195k+ ratings

🪖 Child Soldiers 🌍 African Conflict 💔 War Trauma 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🩹 Post-Conflict Healing

Jesus Land

by Julia Scheeres • 2005

A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.

3.97

20k+

⛪ Religious Abuse 🔒 Troubled Teen Industry 🏠 Interracial Adoption 👫 Sibling Bonds 🪞 Racial Identity

Jesus Land 93%

A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.

by Julia Scheeres 2005

3.97

20k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Abuse 🔒 Troubled Teen Industry 🏠 Interracial Adoption 👫 Sibling Bonds 🪞 Racial Identity

I Will Always Write Back

by Caitlin Alifirenka • 2015

A 12-year-old picked Zimbabwe off a list. The letter she sent changed two worlds.

4.38

30k+

🖋️ Pen Pal Stories 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 📚 Poverty And Education 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

I Will Always Write Back 93%

A 12-year-old picked Zimbabwe off a list. The letter she sent changed two worlds.

by Caitlin Alifirenka 2015

4.38

30k+ ratings

🖋️ Pen Pal Stories 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 📚 Poverty And Education 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Chasing Chaos

by Jessica Alexander • 2013

Humanitarian aid isn't what the brochures promise. A decade inside the machine shows why.

4.09

3k+

🌍 Humanitarian Aid 📋 Aid Industry Critique 🚨 Disaster Response ⚔️ Conflict Zones 😔 Compassion Fatigue

Chasing Chaos 93%

Humanitarian aid isn't what the brochures promise. A decade inside the machine shows why.

by Jessica Alexander 2013

4.09

3k+ ratings

🌍 Humanitarian Aid 📋 Aid Industry Critique 🚨 Disaster Response ⚔️ Conflict Zones 😔 Compassion Fatigue

Breaking the Silence

by Casey Watson • 2013

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

4.42

1k+

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting 💔 Childhood Trauma 🥀 Grief In Children

Breaking the Silence 92%

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

by Casey Watson 2013

4.42

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting 💔 Childhood Trauma 🥀 Grief In Children

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan • 2011

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

4.26

24k+

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Little Princes 92%

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

by Conor Grennan 2011

4.26

24k+ ratings

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Taking Flight

by Michaela DePrince • 2014

A magazine photo in a war orphanage gave a shunned girl a dream: to become a ballerina.

4.25

6k+

🩰 Ballet Memoir 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 👨‍👩‍👧 Adoption Memoir 🩰🤎 Ballet And Race 💔 War Orphan

Taking Flight 92%

A magazine photo in a war orphanage gave a shunned girl a dream: to become a ballerina.

by Michaela DePrince 2014

4.25

6k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Memoir 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 👨‍👩‍👧 Adoption Memoir 🩰🤎 Ballet And Race 💔 War Orphan

Class

by Stephanie Land • 2023

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

3.61

15k+

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs

Class 92%

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

by Stephanie Land 2023

3.61

15k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs

Wine to Water

by Doc Hendley • 2012

From pouring drinks to drilling wells in Darfur: a bartender's unlikely path into humanitarian work.

3.96

799

🎗️ Humanitarian Memoir 💧 Global Water Crisis ⚠️ Conflict Zone Aid 👐 Everyday Activism 💪 Local Empowerment

Wine to Water 92%

From pouring drinks to drilling wells in Darfur: a bartender's unlikely path into humanitarian work.

by Doc Hendley 2012

3.96

799 ratings

🎗️ Humanitarian Memoir 💧 Global Water Crisis ⚠️ Conflict Zone Aid 👐 Everyday Activism 💪 Local Empowerment

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

by John Wood • 2006

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

4.10

5k+

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir 🏘️ Community Development 👧 Girls' Education

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World 92%

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

by John Wood 2006

4.10

5k+ ratings

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir 🏘️ Community Development 👧 Girls' Education

Nowhere Girl

by Cheryl Diamond • 2021

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

4.04

9k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

Nowhere Girl 92%

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

by Cheryl Diamond 2021

4.04

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

Chinese Cinderella

by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

4.08

42k+

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect 📚 Academic Refuge 👧 Motherless Daughters

Chinese Cinderella 92%

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

by Adeline Yen Mah 1999

4.08

42k+ ratings

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect 📚 Academic Refuge 👧 Motherless Daughters

Made in China

by Anna Qu • 2021

At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.

3.85

3k+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🪤 Labor Exploitation 🎓 Education As Escape

Made in China 92%

At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.

by Anna Qu 2021

3.85

3k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🪤 Labor Exploitation 🎓 Education As Escape

The Sound of Gravel

by Ruth Wariner • 2016

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

4.31

68k+

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival 🚪 Escape Narratives 🧸 Parentified Children

The Sound of Gravel 92%

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

by Ruth Wariner 2016

4.31

68k+ ratings

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival 🚪 Escape Narratives 🧸 Parentified Children

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Parrot's Perch 92%

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba • 2009

A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.

4.24

12k+

🛠️ African Innovation 🌍 Appropriate Technology 📚 Self-Taught Science 💨 Wind Power ⚡ Diy Electricity

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 92%

A Malawian dropout, a library book on energy, and a windmill built from scrap metal.

by William Kamkwamba 2009

4.24

12k+ ratings

🛠️ African Innovation 🌍 Appropriate Technology 📚 Self-Taught Science 💨 Wind Power ⚡ Diy Electricity

Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

93k+

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Same Kind of Different as Me 92%

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

by Ron Hall 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Beautiful Scars

by Kilee Brookbank • 2017

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

4.29

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving 🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery

Beautiful Scars 92%

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

by Kilee Brookbank 2017

4.29

41 ratings

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving 🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

From the Ashes 92%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

Uncaged

by Frank Shamrock • 2012

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

3.65

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🏡 Adoption And Belonging

Uncaged 92%

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

by Frank Shamrock 2012

3.65

96 ratings

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🏡 Adoption And Belonging

Call Me American

by Abdi Nor Iftin • 2018

America, glimpsed via Rambo, cost him a decade of war, a refugee camp, and a lottery.

4.52

5k+

🇸🇴 Somali Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏕️ Refugee Experience 💥 War Survival 🎭 Cultural Assimilation

Call Me American 91%

America, glimpsed via Rambo, cost him a decade of war, a refugee camp, and a lottery.

by Abdi Nor Iftin 2018

4.52

5k+ ratings

🇸🇴 Somali Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏕️ Refugee Experience 💥 War Survival 🎭 Cultural Assimilation

Facing the Lion

by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton • 2003

A Maasai boy shamed for fleeing a lion reclaims his courage on a soccer field.

3.90

2k+

🐄 Maasai Culture 🌍 East African Memoir 🔥 Rites Of Passage 🌓 Cultural Duality 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge

Facing the Lion 91%

A Maasai boy shamed for fleeing a lion reclaims his courage on a soccer field.

by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton 2003

3.90

2k+ ratings

🐄 Maasai Culture 🌍 East African Memoir 🔥 Rites Of Passage 🌓 Cultural Duality 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge

T is for Transformation

by Shaun T. • 2017

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

4.22

2k+

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Comfort Zones 🧱 Resilience Building

T is for Transformation 91%

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

by Shaun T. 2017

4.22

2k+ ratings

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Comfort Zones 🧱 Resilience Building

Desert Flower

by Waris Dirie • 1998

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

4.25

42k+

🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

Desert Flower 91%

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

by Waris Dirie 1998

4.25

42k+ ratings

🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls • 2005

She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

4.33

1.4M+

🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🍺 Alcoholic Parent 🚪 Escaping Poverty 👫 Sibling Bonds 🔄 Generational Poverty

The Glass Castle 91%

She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

by Jeannette Walls 2005

4.33

1.4M+ ratings

🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🍺 Alcoholic Parent 🚪 Escaping Poverty 👫 Sibling Bonds 🔄 Generational Poverty

Flying on the Inside

by Rachel Gotto • 2021

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

3.88

3k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Flying on the Inside 91%

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

by Rachel Gotto 2021

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

A Search for Purple Cows 91%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

by Rosie Pérez • 2014

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

4.12

1k+

📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 💃 Dancer Memoir

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life Summary

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life 91%

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

by Rosie Pérez 2014

4.12

1k+ ratings

📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 💃 Dancer Memoir

Quest For Love

by Anneke Lucas • 2022

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

4.50

377

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse 🌀 Cycles Of Abuse 📢 Breaking The Silence

Quest For Love 91%

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

by Anneke Lucas 2022

4.50

377 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse 🌀 Cycles Of Abuse 📢 Breaking The Silence

The Other Wes Moore

by Wes Moore • 2010

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

3.87

60k+

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

The Other Wes Moore 91%

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

by Wes Moore 2010

3.87

60k+ ratings

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

Please Stop Laughing at Us...

by Jodee Blanco • 2008

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

3.87

234

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline 🌱 Trauma Healing ✋ Anti-Bullying

Please Stop Laughing at Us... 91%

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

by Jodee Blanco 2008

3.87

234 ratings

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline 🌱 Trauma Healing ✋ Anti-Bullying

The Memory Palace

by Mira Bartok • 2011

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

3.55

8k+

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity 🧩 Mentally Ill Parents 🩹 Brain Injury Memoir

The Memory Palace 91%

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

by Mira Bartok 2011

3.55

8k+ ratings

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity 🧩 Mentally Ill Parents 🩹 Brain Injury Memoir

Walking with Ghosts

by Gabriel Byrne • 2021

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

4.10

4k+

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

Walking with Ghosts 91%

He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.

by Gabriel Byrne 2021

4.10

4k+ ratings

🎭 Actor Memoirs 🇮🇪 Irish Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🍺 Addiction Recovery ⛪ Catholic Upbringing

Song of the Nightingale

by Helen Berhane • 2009

Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.

4.35

173

✝️ Christian Persecution 🔥 Faith Under Fire 🇪🇷 Eritrean History 🚪 Prison Memoirs 😢 Suffering And Faith

Song of the Nightingale 91%

Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.

by Helen Berhane 2009

4.35

173 ratings

✝️ Christian Persecution 🔥 Faith Under Fire 🇪🇷 Eritrean History 🚪 Prison Memoirs 😢 Suffering And Faith

In Order to Live

by Yeonmi Park • 2015

Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.

4.48

107k+

🏃 North Korean Defectors 🔗 Human Trafficking 🚫 Life Under Dictatorship 🌏 Cultural Assimilation 📚 Education As Liberation

In Order to Live 91%

Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.

by Yeonmi Park 2015

4.48

107k+ ratings

🏃 North Korean Defectors 🔗 Human Trafficking 🚫 Life Under Dictatorship 🌏 Cultural Assimilation 📚 Education As Liberation

The Choice

by Edith Eger • 2017

Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.

4.57

133k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎭 Existential Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Choice 91%

Auschwitz taught her the mind is the only prison we can escape; now she helps others.

by Edith Eger 2017

4.57

133k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎭 Existential Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Brutally Honest

by Melanie Brown • 2018

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

4.05

6k+

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control 🌱 Trauma And Recovery 📸 Fame And Exploitation

Brutally Honest 91%

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

by Melanie Brown 2018

4.05

6k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control 🌱 Trauma And Recovery 📸 Fame And Exploitation

An Ordinary Man

by Paul Rusesabagina • 2006

Rwanda, 1994: a hotel manager faced militias with nothing but a telephone and saved 1,200.

4.19

7k+

🇷🇼 Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Memoir 🕊️ Genocide Survival 🏛️ Colonial Legacy ⚔️ Ethnic Violence

An Ordinary Man 91%

Rwanda, 1994: a hotel manager faced militias with nothing but a telephone and saved 1,200.

by Paul Rusesabagina 2006

4.19

7k+ ratings

🇷🇼 Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Memoir 🕊️ Genocide Survival 🏛️ Colonial Legacy ⚔️ Ethnic Violence

Just Another Kid

by Torey L. Hayden • 1988

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

4.24

6k+

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

Just Another Kid 91%

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

by Torey L. Hayden 1988

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

Somebody Else's Kids

by Torey L. Hayden • 1981

Boo barely spoke. Lori couldn't read. Tomaso raged. Claudia was pregnant. They were just kids.

4.28

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