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Docile
by Hyeseung Song • 2024
Top of her class, then Princeton, then a locked psych ward. The way out was paint.
3.97
858
🇰🇷 Korean American Identity🏠 Immigrant Family Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir📊 Model Minority Myth📚 Academic Burnout
Docile Summary
Docile 94%
Top of her class, then Princeton, then a locked psych ward. The way out was paint.
by Hyeseung Song 2024
3.97
858 ratings
🇰🇷 Korean American Identity🏠 Immigrant Family Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir📊 Model Minority Myth📚 Academic Burnout
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 Summary
Made in China 94%
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
Love Language
by Linda Marigliano • 2023
She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.
3.97
677
👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families🎵 Music Memoirs🍝 Food Memoirs🎭 People-Pleasing🚧 Boundary Setting
Love Language Summary
Love Language 93%
She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.
by Linda Marigliano 2023
3.97
677 ratings
👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families🎵 Music Memoirs🍝 Food Memoirs🎭 People-Pleasing🚧 Boundary Setting
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 Summary
Nowhere Girl 93%
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 Summary
Chinese Cinderella 93%
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
The Tell
by Amy Griffin • 2025
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
3.92
56k+
📖 Trauma Memoir👶 Childhood Trauma🍄 Psychedelic Therapy🧘 Somatic Healing🔒 Repressed Memory
The Tell Summary
The Tell 93%
One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.
by Amy Griffin 2025
3.92
56k+ ratings
📖 Trauma Memoir👶 Childhood Trauma🍄 Psychedelic Therapy🧘 Somatic Healing🔒 Repressed Memory
Orphan Bachelors
by Fae Myenne Ng • 2023
One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.
3.91
238
🧧 Immigration Memoir🏮 Chinese American History🔗 Intergenerational Trauma👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Immigrant Families🖋️ Asian American Literature
Orphan Bachelors Summary
Orphan Bachelors 93%
One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.
by Fae Myenne Ng 2023
3.91
238 ratings
🧧 Immigration Memoir🏮 Chinese American History🔗 Intergenerational Trauma👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Immigrant Families🖋️ Asian American Literature
Hunger
by Roxane Gay • 2017
Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.
4.17
122k+
🩹 Sexual Trauma🍽️ Disordered Eating⚖️ Fat Acceptance⚡ Weight Stigma📖 Trauma Memoirs
Hunger Summary
Hunger 93%
Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.
by Roxane Gay 2017
4.17
122k+ ratings
🩹 Sexual Trauma🍽️ Disordered Eating⚖️ Fat Acceptance⚡ Weight Stigma📖 Trauma Memoirs
On Being Human
by Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019
Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.
3.91
4k+
🧠 Trauma Memoir🧘‍♀️ Embodiment💔 Vulnerability📖 Narrative Identity🤝 Chosen Family
On Being Human Summary
On Being Human 93%
Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.
by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019
3.91
4k+ ratings
🧠 Trauma Memoir🧘‍♀️ Embodiment💔 Vulnerability📖 Narrative Identity🤝 Chosen Family
Sickened
by Julie Gregory • 2003
Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.
3.74
20k+
🏥 Medical Child Abuse👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse🦋 Survivor Memoir🎭 Gaslighting❤️‍🩹 Healing From Trauma
Sickened Summary
Sickened 93%
Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.
by Julie Gregory 2003
3.74
20k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Child Abuse👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse🦋 Survivor Memoir🎭 Gaslighting❤️‍🩹 Healing From Trauma
Permission to Come Home
by Jenny Wang • 2022
Your family gave you a survival map. A psychologist shows Asian Americans how to draw their own.
4.43
1k+
🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🧧 Asian American Identity📖 Emotional Literacy🚧 Boundary Setting💔 Healing From Shame
Permission to Come Home Summary
Permission to Come Home 93%
Your family gave you a survival map. A psychologist shows Asian Americans how to draw their own.
by Jenny Wang 2022
4.43
1k+ ratings
🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🧧 Asian American Identity📖 Emotional Literacy🚧 Boundary Setting💔 Healing From Shame
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr • 1995
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
3.94
72k+
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents🧬 Generational Trauma🩹 Childhood Trauma
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club 92%
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
by Mary Karr 1995
3.94
72k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents🧬 Generational Trauma🩹 Childhood Trauma
Men Have Called Her Crazy
by Anna Marie Tendler • 2024
Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.
3.43
23k+
🏥 Trauma Memoir🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry💔 Self-Harm Recovery🖤 Suicidal Ideation🔥 Female Anger
Men Have Called Her Crazy Summary
Men Have Called Her Crazy 92%
Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.
by Anna Marie Tendler 2024
3.43
23k+ ratings
🏥 Trauma Memoir🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry💔 Self-Harm Recovery🖤 Suicidal Ideation🔥 Female Anger
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez • 2021
Tired of translating yourself for others? Here is the toolkit to reclaim your mind, language, anger.
4.46
4k+
🤎 Woc Feminism🧹 Decolonial Feminism🧬 Generational Trauma👔 Respectability Politics🪶 Cultural Identity
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts Summary
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts 92%
Tired of translating yourself for others? Here is the toolkit to reclaim your mind, language, anger.
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2021
4.46
4k+ ratings
🤎 Woc Feminism🧹 Decolonial Feminism🧬 Generational Trauma👔 Respectability Politics🪶 Cultural Identity
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 Summary
A Chance in the World 92%
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
Flying on the Inside 92%
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
Between Two Kingdoms
by Suleika Jaouad • 2021
After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.
4.42
130k+
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🪞 Identity After Trauma🚗 Road Trip Healing✍️ Writing To Heal📖 Narrative Medicine
Between Two Kingdoms Summary
Between Two Kingdoms 92%
After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.
by Suleika Jaouad 2021
4.42
130k+ ratings
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🪞 Identity After Trauma🚗 Road Trip Healing✍️ Writing To Heal📖 Narrative Medicine
Little Earthquakes
by Sarah Mandel • 2023
A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.
4.17
500
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs👶 New Motherhood🩹 Trauma Recovery🧘 Mind-Body Connection💗 Self-Compassion
Little Earthquakes Summary
Little Earthquakes 92%
A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.
by Sarah Mandel 2023
4.17
500 ratings
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs👶 New Motherhood🩹 Trauma Recovery🧘 Mind-Body Connection💗 Self-Compassion
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
by Rachael "Steak" Finley • 2022
She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.
4.55
819
🏚️ Childhood Neglect💊 Parental Addiction📸 Toxic Fame🔗 Codependency🎨 Creative Resilience
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything Summary
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything 92%
She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.
by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022
4.55
819 ratings
🏚️ Childhood Neglect💊 Parental Addiction📸 Toxic Fame🔗 Codependency🎨 Creative Resilience
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 Summary
The Memory Palace 92%
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
Red Paint
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
4.12
3k+
🪶 Indigenous Memoir🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🌿 Cultural Reclamation✍🏽 Native Women Writers🕯️ Ancestral Healing
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint 92%
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022
4.12
3k+ ratings
🪶 Indigenous Memoir🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🌿 Cultural Reclamation✍🏽 Native Women Writers🕯️ Ancestral Healing
Not My Father's Son
by Alan Cumming • 2014
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
4.06
48k+
🎭 Celebrity Memoir📜 Family Secrets🧬 Family History💔 Childhood Abuse🪖 War Trauma
Not My Father's Son Summary
Not My Father's Son 92%
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
by Alan Cumming 2014
4.06
48k+ ratings
🎭 Celebrity Memoir📜 Family Secrets🧬 Family History💔 Childhood Abuse🪖 War Trauma
The Latehomecomer
by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008
A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.
4.18
9k+
🏞️ Hmong Diaspora🌏 Refugee Narratives🕰️ Intergenerational Memory📜 Cultural Preservation🧭 Immigrant Identity
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer 92%
A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.
by Kao Kalia Yang 2008
4.18
9k+ ratings
🏞️ Hmong Diaspora🌏 Refugee Narratives🕰️ Intergenerational Memory📜 Cultural Preservation🧭 Immigrant Identity
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" Summary
A Child Called "It" 92%
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
Paris
by Paris Hilton • 2023
Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.
4.21
91k+
🧚 Celebrity Memoirs⛓️ Institutional Abuse📱 Influencer Culture🩹 Trauma Healing🧠 Neurodiversity
Paris Summary
Paris 92%
Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.
by Paris Hilton 2023
4.21
91k+ ratings
🧚 Celebrity Memoirs⛓️ Institutional Abuse📱 Influencer Culture🩹 Trauma Healing🧠 Neurodiversity
Body Work
by Melissa Febos • 2022
Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.
4.22
6k+
🖋️ Memoir Writing🩹 Writing Therapy✍️ Feminist Criticism🔀 Intersectional Feminism🧠 Trauma Studies
Body Work Summary
Body Work 92%
Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.
by Melissa Febos 2022
4.22
6k+ ratings
🖋️ Memoir Writing🩹 Writing Therapy✍️ Feminist Criticism🔀 Intersectional Feminism🧠 Trauma Studies
Peace from Broken Pieces
by Iyanla Vanzant • 2010
Her daughter's death stripped away every mask that success and spirituality had provided.
4.23
3k+
🧸 Childhood Trauma🪢 Generational Patterns🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🕯️ Grief And Loss💚 Self-Healing
Peace from Broken Pieces Summary
Peace from Broken Pieces 92%
Her daughter's death stripped away every mask that success and spirituality had provided.
by Iyanla Vanzant 2010
4.23
3k+ ratings
🧸 Childhood Trauma🪢 Generational Patterns🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🕯️ Grief And Loss💚 Self-Healing
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 Summary
Quest For Love 92%
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
Aftermath
by Susan J. Brison • 2001
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
4.35
486
🧠 Philosophy Of Self📚 Trauma Theory✊ Feminist Philosophy📖 Narrative Identity🧩 Traumatic Memory
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 92%
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
by Susan J. Brison 2001
4.35
486 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Self📚 Trauma Theory✊ Feminist Philosophy📖 Narrative Identity🧩 Traumatic Memory
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
by Daisy Hernández • 2014
A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.
4.12
2k+
✈️ Immigrant Memoir🌈 Coming Out Stories🗣️ Language And Identity🇺🇸 Assimilation💰 Class Consciousness
A Cup of Water Under My Bed Summary
A Cup of Water Under My Bed 92%
A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.
by Daisy Hernández 2014
4.12
2k+ ratings
✈️ Immigrant Memoir🌈 Coming Out Stories🗣️ Language And Identity🇺🇸 Assimilation💰 Class Consciousness
Another Word for Love
by Carvell Wallace • 2024
Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.
4.25
2k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🔗 Generational Trauma🟤 Racial Identity🖤 Black Men
Another Word for Love Summary
Another Word for Love 92%
Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.
by Carvell Wallace 2024
4.25
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🔗 Generational Trauma🟤 Racial Identity🖤 Black Men
Goodbye, Sweet Girl
by Kelly Sundberg • 2018
She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.
3.83
2k+
🏚️ Domestic Violence🗣️ Survivor Memoirs🔗 Coercive Control🌫️ Gaslighting🔄 Cycle Of Abuse
Goodbye, Sweet Girl Summary
Goodbye, Sweet Girl 92%
She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.
by Kelly Sundberg 2018
3.83
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Domestic Violence🗣️ Survivor Memoirs🔗 Coercive Control🌫️ Gaslighting🔄 Cycle Of Abuse
The House of My Mother
by Shari Franke • 2025
Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.
4.27
216k+
⛪ Religious Trauma💔 Emotional Abuse📖 Survivor Memoir🔒 High-Control Groups🥀 Family Estrangement
The House of My Mother Summary
The House of My Mother 92%
Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.
by Shari Franke 2025
4.27
216k+ ratings
⛪ Religious Trauma💔 Emotional Abuse📖 Survivor Memoir🔒 High-Control Groups🥀 Family Estrangement
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 Summary
Never Stop Walking 92%
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
Sex Object
by Jessica Valenti • 2016
She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.
3.66
14k+
👀 Sexual Objectification📖 Feminist Coming Of Age🪞 Internalized Misogyny🤱 Maternal Ambivalence📱 Online Misogyny
Sex Object Summary
Sex Object 92%
She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.
by Jessica Valenti 2016
3.66
14k+ ratings
👀 Sexual Objectification📖 Feminist Coming Of Age🪞 Internalized Misogyny🤱 Maternal Ambivalence📱 Online Misogyny
Finding Me
by Viola Davis • 2022
Rats, bullies, bed-wetting at 14: the childhood Viola Davis survived before the stage saved her.
4.53
185k+
⭐️ Celebrity Memoirs🎭 Actor Memoirs🏚️ Childhood Poverty🔗 Generational Trauma🟤 Colorism
Finding Me Summary
Finding Me 92%
Rats, bullies, bed-wetting at 14: the childhood Viola Davis survived before the stage saved her.
by Viola Davis 2022
4.53
185k+ ratings
⭐️ Celebrity Memoirs🎭 Actor Memoirs🏚️ Childhood Poverty🔗 Generational Trauma🟤 Colorism
In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019
Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.
4.38
165k+
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir🏚️ Domestic Abuse💭 Psychological Abuse👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships✊ Feminist Memoir
In the Dream House Summary
In the Dream House 92%
Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.
by Carmen Maria Machado 2019
4.38
165k+ ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir🏚️ Domestic Abuse💭 Psychological Abuse👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships✊ Feminist Memoir
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 92%
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
Nothing Holds Back the Night
by Delphine de Vigan • 2011
After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.
4.35
25k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir📖 Family Biography🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma✍️ Writing As Healing👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds
Nothing Holds Back the Night Summary
Nothing Holds Back the Night 92%
After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.
by Delphine de Vigan 2011
4.35
25k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir📖 Family Biography🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma✍️ Writing As Healing👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds
Nearly Departed
by Gila Pfeffer • 2024
Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.
4.40
360
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🧬 Genetic Risk👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness💪 Body Reclamation✡️ Jewish Memoir
Nearly Departed Summary
Nearly Departed 92%
Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.
by Gila Pfeffer 2024
4.40
360 ratings
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🧬 Genetic Risk👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness💪 Body Reclamation✡️ Jewish Memoir
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
by T Kira Madden • 2019
A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.
4.25
10k+
🧒 Fatherlessness🌐 Mixed-Race Identity🌈 Queer Coming Of Age🔗 Intergenerational Trauma✍️ Confessional Memoir
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls 91%
A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.
by T Kira Madden 2019
4.25
10k+ ratings
🧒 Fatherlessness🌐 Mixed-Race Identity🌈 Queer Coming Of Age🔗 Intergenerational Trauma✍️ Confessional Memoir
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
by Nick Flynn • 2004
His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.
3.80
12k+
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City 91%
His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.
by Nick Flynn 2004
3.80
12k+ ratings
👤 Absent Fathers🏚️ Homelessness In America🍷 Addiction And Family🩹 Memoir Of Recovery🔗 Intergenerational Trauma
Boy Meets Depression
by Kevin Breel • 2015
Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.
3.82
873
🧠 Teenage Depression💔 Suicidal Ideation🏠 Childhood Loneliness🏚️ Family Dysfunction🖤 Grief And Loss
Boy Meets Depression Summary
Boy Meets Depression 91%
Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.
by Kevin Breel 2015
3.82
873 ratings
🧠 Teenage Depression💔 Suicidal Ideation🏠 Childhood Loneliness🏚️ Family Dysfunction🖤 Grief And Loss
Saving Five
by Amanda Nguyen • 2025
Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.
4.25
4k+
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Saving Five Summary
Saving Five 91%
Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.
by Amanda Nguyen 2025
4.25
4k+ ratings
📖 Survivor Memoirs⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice💔 Trauma And Healing🏛️ Legislative Advocacy🌊 Grief Processing
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by Gabriel Byrne • 2021
He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.
4.10
4k+
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Walking with Ghosts Summary
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
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by Ian Morgan Cron • 2011
His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.
4.08
3k+
🍷 Alcoholic Parent🙏 Spiritual Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🪞 Narcissistic Abuse🩹 Addiction Recovery
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me Summary
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me 91%
His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.
by Ian Morgan Cron 2011
4.08
3k+ ratings
🍷 Alcoholic Parent🙏 Spiritual Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma🪞 Narcissistic Abuse🩹 Addiction Recovery
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
41
🔥 Burn Recovery🏥 Medical Trauma💔 Adolescent Illness👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery
Beautiful Scars Summary
Beautiful Scars 91%
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
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by Evanna Lynch • 2021
Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.
4.52
7k+
🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery📖 Mental Health Memoirs🪞 Body Image🏨 Inpatient Treatment🎭 Creative Healing
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting 91%
Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.
by Evanna Lynch 2021
4.52
7k+ ratings
🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery📖 Mental Health Memoirs🪞 Body Image🏨 Inpatient Treatment🎭 Creative Healing
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
by Baek Se-hee • 2018
She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.
3.21
104k+
🛋️ Therapy Memoirs🌧️ Depression Recovery🔍 Cognitive Distortions🤲 Self Acceptance🪞 Body Image
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki Summary
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki 91%
She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.
by Baek Se-hee 2018
3.21
104k+ ratings
🛋️ Therapy Memoirs🌧️ Depression Recovery🔍 Cognitive Distortions🤲 Self Acceptance🪞 Body Image
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