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Blood, Bones & Butter
by Gabrielle Hamilton • 2001
Her parents threw lamb roasts for a hundred guests. Then they left. She found kitchens anyway.
3.77
38k+
🍽️ Restaurant Memoirs🌱 Culinary Coming Of Age👩‍🍳 Women In Kitchens🏠 Food And Family✈️ Culinary Travel
Blood, Bones & Butter Summary
Blood, Bones & Butter 95%
Her parents threw lamb roasts for a hundred guests. Then they left. She found kitchens anyway.
by Gabrielle Hamilton 2001
3.77
38k+ ratings
🍽️ Restaurant Memoirs🌱 Culinary Coming Of Age👩‍🍳 Women In Kitchens🏠 Food And Family✈️ Culinary Travel
The Apprentice
by Jacques Pépin • 2003
From kitchen boy at thirteen to de Gaulle's chef. Then a car crash changed everything.
4.19
11k+
🍳 Chef Memoirs🥖 French Cuisine🔪 Culinary Apprenticeship🍲 Food And Memory🔄 Career Reinvention
The Apprentice Summary
The Apprentice 93%
From kitchen boy at thirteen to de Gaulle's chef. Then a car crash changed everything.
by Jacques Pépin 2003
4.19
11k+ ratings
🍳 Chef Memoirs🥖 French Cuisine🔪 Culinary Apprenticeship🍲 Food And Memory🔄 Career Reinvention
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School
by Kathleen Flinn • 2011
Nine kitchen-phobic novices learn basics from a chef. What changes isn't just their cooking.
4.09
5k+
🏠 Home Cooking📖 Culinary Memoir📚 Food Literacy👩‍🍳 From Scratch🐌 Slow Food Movement
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School Summary
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School 93%
Nine kitchen-phobic novices learn basics from a chef. What changes isn't just their cooking.
by Kathleen Flinn 2011
4.09
5k+ ratings
🏠 Home Cooking📖 Culinary Memoir📚 Food Literacy👩‍🍳 From Scratch🐌 Slow Food Movement
Eating for Beginners
by Melanie Rehak • 2010
A food writer butchered a lamb and worked a fishing boat. Her toddler still refused broccoli.
3.62
285
🌱 Farm To Table🔪 Restaurant Kitchens🌍 Sustainable Eating🧀 Artisanal Food🧒 Picky Eating
Eating for Beginners Summary
Eating for Beginners 92%
A food writer butchered a lamb and worked a fishing boat. Her toddler still refused broccoli.
by Melanie Rehak 2010
3.62
285 ratings
🌱 Farm To Table🔪 Restaurant Kitchens🌍 Sustainable Eating🧀 Artisanal Food🧒 Picky Eating
Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner • 2021
A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.
4.23
614k+
🍜 Food Memoir🪦 Grief Memoir🧳 Immigrant Family👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds🏥 Parental Caregiving
Crying in H Mart Summary
Crying in H Mart 92%
A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.
by Michelle Zauner 2021
4.23
614k+ ratings
🍜 Food Memoir🪦 Grief Memoir🧳 Immigrant Family👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds🏥 Parental Caregiving
Julie and Julia
by Julie Powell • 2005
A secretary bets a year on 524 French recipes, a tiny kitchen, and a tell-all blog.
3.71
161k+
🍳 Culinary Memoir🎪 Stunt Memoir💻 Blogger Memoir🧭 Quarterlife Crisis👯 Female Friendship
Julie and Julia Summary
Julie and Julia 92%
A secretary bets a year on 524 French recipes, a tiny kitchen, and a tell-all blog.
by Julie Powell 2005
3.71
161k+ ratings
🍳 Culinary Memoir🎪 Stunt Memoir💻 Blogger Memoir🧭 Quarterlife Crisis👯 Female Friendship
Cooking as Fast as I Can
by Cat Cora • 2015
She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.
3.55
717
🍳 Restaurant Kitchens📺 Celebrity Chefs💔 Childhood Trauma👩‍🍳 Women In Food🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Memoir
Cooking as Fast as I Can Summary
Cooking as Fast as I Can 92%
She became Iron Chef's first woman. The real story is everything she survived to get there.
by Cat Cora 2015
3.55
717 ratings
🍳 Restaurant Kitchens📺 Celebrity Chefs💔 Childhood Trauma👩‍🍳 Women In Food🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Memoir
Yes, Chef
by Marcus Samuelsson • 2012
Ethiopian orphan, Swedish upbringing, New York three-star chef at 24: a life built on lost names.
3.86
19k+
🍳 Chef Memoirs🧒 Adoption Stories🌍 Cultural Identity✈️ Immigrant Memoirs🍽️ Race In Fine Dining
Yes, Chef Summary
Yes, Chef 92%
Ethiopian orphan, Swedish upbringing, New York three-star chef at 24: a life built on lost names.
by Marcus Samuelsson 2012
3.86
19k+ ratings
🍳 Chef Memoirs🧒 Adoption Stories🌍 Cultural Identity✈️ Immigrant Memoirs🍽️ Race In Fine Dining
Pour Me, A Life
by A.A. Gill • 2014
Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.
4.08
3k+
🍷 Addiction Recovery🍽️ Restaurant Criticism📰 New Journalism😂 Comic Memoir🎖️ War Correspondence
Pour Me, A Life Summary
Pour Me, A Life 91%
Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.
by A.A. Gill 2014
4.08
3k+ ratings
🍷 Addiction Recovery🍽️ Restaurant Criticism📰 New Journalism😂 Comic Memoir🎖️ War Correspondence
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
by Anya von Bremzen • 2013
Three generations, one collapsing empire, and the dishes that defined them: a Soviet family memoir.
4.03
5k+
🍽️ Food Memoir🥟 Soviet Cuisine📖 Culinary History🧳 Diaspora Identity🏛️ Food And Politics
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking Summary
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking 91%
Three generations, one collapsing empire, and the dishes that defined them: a Soviet family memoir.
by Anya von Bremzen 2013
4.03
5k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Memoir🥟 Soviet Cuisine📖 Culinary History🧳 Diaspora Identity🏛️ Food And Politics
Restaurant Man
by Joe Bastianich • 2012
Why every restaurant survives on a lie: appear generous, but run your books like a miser.
3.66
1k+
🍽️ Restaurant Business📖 Culinary Memoirs🏨 Hospitality Industry🚀 Food Entrepreneurship💰 Small Business Finance
Restaurant Man Summary
Restaurant Man 91%
Why every restaurant survives on a lie: appear generous, but run your books like a miser.
by Joe Bastianich 2012
3.66
1k+ ratings
🍽️ Restaurant Business📖 Culinary Memoirs🏨 Hospitality Industry🚀 Food Entrepreneurship💰 Small Business Finance
The Feast Nearby
by Robin Mather • 2011
Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.
3.79
2k+
🥬 Seasonal Eating🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems🍳 Culinary Memoir💰 Frugal Living🌿 Seasonal Living
The Feast Nearby Summary
The Feast Nearby 91%
Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.
by Robin Mather 2011
3.79
2k+ ratings
🥬 Seasonal Eating🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems🍳 Culinary Memoir💰 Frugal Living🌿 Seasonal Living
Old Rage
by Sheila Hancock • 2022
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
4.06
984
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary🕯️ Quaker Spirituality⚒️ Class Consciousness
Old Rage Summary
Old Rage 91%
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
by Sheila Hancock 2022
4.06
984 ratings
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary🕯️ Quaker Spirituality⚒️ Class Consciousness
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
by Ina Garten • 2024
From White House policy to Barefoot Contessa: the leap and the six-year Boston Cream Pie.
4.22
131k+
🍳 Food Memoir👩‍🍳 Culinary Careers🔄 Second Acts♻️ Career Reinvention🚀 Entrepreneurial Journey
Be Ready When the Luck Happens Summary
Be Ready When the Luck Happens 90%
From White House policy to Barefoot Contessa: the leap and the six-year Boston Cream Pie.
by Ina Garten 2024
4.22
131k+ ratings
🍳 Food Memoir👩‍🍳 Culinary Careers🔄 Second Acts♻️ Career Reinvention🚀 Entrepreneurial Journey
I Must Say
by Martin Short • 2014
Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.
4.12
19k+
🎙️ Comedy Memoirs🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy🕊️ Grief And Loss🛡️ Humor As Resilience🏙️ Second City Alumni
I Must Say Summary
I Must Say 90%
Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.
by Martin Short 2014
4.12
19k+ ratings
🎙️ Comedy Memoirs🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy🕊️ Grief And Loss🛡️ Humor As Resilience🏙️ Second City Alumni
Sous Chef
by Michael Gibney • 2014
From morning delivery to last ticket: a sous chef's 24 hours of heat, hierarchy, and precision.
3.64
8k+
🍳 Professional Kitchens🧑‍🍳 Kitchen Hierarchy🍽️ Service Culture📖 Kitchen Memoirs🏢 Restaurant Industry
Sous Chef Summary
Sous Chef 90%
From morning delivery to last ticket: a sous chef's 24 hours of heat, hierarchy, and precision.
by Michael Gibney 2014
3.64
8k+ ratings
🍳 Professional Kitchens🧑‍🍳 Kitchen Hierarchy🍽️ Service Culture📖 Kitchen Memoirs🏢 Restaurant Industry
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
by Penelope Lively • 2013
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
3.65
1k+
📖 Literary Memoir🏺 Material Memory📚 Reading Life🕰️ Meditations On Aging🇬🇧 British Memoirists
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites 90%
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
by Penelope Lively 2013
3.65
1k+ ratings
📖 Literary Memoir🏺 Material Memory📚 Reading Life🕰️ Meditations On Aging🇬🇧 British Memoirists
Funny in Farsi
by Firoozeh Dumas • 2003
A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.
3.84
28k+
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora🌏 Culture Shock🗣️ Language Barriers😂 Comedic Memoir
Funny in Farsi Summary
Funny in Farsi 90%
A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.
by Firoozeh Dumas 2003
3.84
28k+ ratings
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora🌏 Culture Shock🗣️ Language Barriers😂 Comedic Memoir
Take This Bread
by Sara Miles • 2007
An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.
4.00
5k+
🥖 Food And Faith⛪ Progressive Christianity🚪 Radical Hospitality🍞 Sacramental Living✨ Conversion Stories
Take This Bread Summary
Take This Bread 90%
An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.
by Sara Miles 2007
4.00
5k+ ratings
🥖 Food And Faith⛪ Progressive Christianity🚪 Radical Hospitality🍞 Sacramental Living✨ Conversion Stories
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog
by Emily Dean • 2019
Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.
4.23
3k+
🪦 Grief Memoirs💔 Family Loss🛋️ Therapy Memoirs🎪 Eccentric Families🕯️ Adult Orphans
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog Summary
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog 90%
Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.
by Emily Dean 2019
4.23
3k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoirs💔 Family Loss🛋️ Therapy Memoirs🎪 Eccentric Families🕯️ Adult Orphans
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow
by Action Bronson • 2021
His chef career shattered with his leg. Rap stardom and hard-won confidence rose from the wreckage.
3.73
2k+
🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs🍳 Chef Memoirs💪 Body Acceptance🔄 Career Reinvention🎨 Creative Self-Expression
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow Summary
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow 90%
His chef career shattered with his leg. Rap stardom and hard-won confidence rose from the wreckage.
by Action Bronson 2021
3.73
2k+ ratings
🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs🍳 Chef Memoirs💪 Body Acceptance🔄 Career Reinvention🎨 Creative Self-Expression
The Geography of Memory
by Jeanne Murray Walker • 2013
She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.
3.98
117
🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiving👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds📖 Family Stories🕰️ Memory And Aging🙏 Spiritual Memoir
The Geography of Memory Summary
The Geography of Memory 90%
She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.
by Jeanne Murray Walker 2013
3.98
117 ratings
🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiving👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds📖 Family Stories🕰️ Memory And Aging🙏 Spiritual Memoir
Eat a Peach
by David Chang • 2020
A chef bets everything on a doomed noodle bar. It thrives; his mind unravels.
3.88
28k+
🍜 Chef Memoir🍽️ Restaurant Industry🧠 Bipolar Disorder🔀 Culinary Fusion🏗️ Creative Leadership
Eat a Peach Summary
Eat a Peach 90%
A chef bets everything on a doomed noodle bar. It thrives; his mind unravels.
by David Chang 2020
3.88
28k+ ratings
🍜 Chef Memoir🍽️ Restaurant Industry🧠 Bipolar Disorder🔀 Culinary Fusion🏗️ Creative Leadership
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver • 2007
One family, one year, one rule: nothing to eat from beyond a hundred miles.
4.05
113k+
🥕 Locavore Movement🍂 Seasonal Cooking📖 Food Memoirs🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏡 Home Gardening
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle 90%
One family, one year, one rule: nothing to eat from beyond a hundred miles.
by Barbara Kingsolver 2007
4.05
113k+ ratings
🥕 Locavore Movement🍂 Seasonal Cooking📖 Food Memoirs🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏡 Home Gardening
Workhorse
by Kim Reed • 2021
She poured wine for celebrities at $11 an hour. A decade later, her body broke down.
3.62
206
🍽️ Restaurant Industry🗽 Nyc Restaurant Scene🍷 Food Memoirs👩‍🍳 Women In Food🔥 Workplace Burnout
Workhorse Summary
Workhorse 90%
She poured wine for celebrities at $11 an hour. A decade later, her body broke down.
by Kim Reed 2021
3.62
206 ratings
🍽️ Restaurant Industry🗽 Nyc Restaurant Scene🍷 Food Memoirs👩‍🍳 Women In Food🔥 Workplace Burnout
My Grape Year
by Laura Bradbury • 2015
A Canadian teen breaks every exchange program rule, starting with a Jell-O disaster in Burgundy.
4.14
1k+
🌍 Cultural Immersion🛬 Study Abroad🍇 French Countryside🍽️ Food Memoir💖 First Love
My Grape Year Summary
My Grape Year 90%
A Canadian teen breaks every exchange program rule, starting with a Jell-O disaster in Burgundy.
by Laura Bradbury 2015
4.14
1k+ ratings
🌍 Cultural Immersion🛬 Study Abroad🍇 French Countryside🍽️ Food Memoir💖 First Love
It. Goes. So. Fast.
by Mary Louise Kelly • 2023
Her son's last year at home, her marriage's last year, and she's still flying to war zones.
3.85
12k+
🏢 Working Motherhood👶 Motherhood Memoir🎤 War Correspondence🦻 Hearing Loss🐣 Empty Nest
It. Goes. So. Fast. Summary
It. Goes. So. Fast. 90%
Her son's last year at home, her marriage's last year, and she's still flying to war zones.
by Mary Louise Kelly 2023
3.85
12k+ ratings
🏢 Working Motherhood👶 Motherhood Memoir🎤 War Correspondence🦻 Hearing Loss🐣 Empty Nest
Melissa Explains It All
by Melissa Joan Hart • 2013
A child star's survival manual hidden inside a memoir: treat fame like a paper route.
3.42
5k+
🎬 Child Stardom🎭 Showbiz Memoir🌱 Grounded Celebrity🛠️ Blue Collar Roots💼 Working Motherhood
Melissa Explains It All Summary
Melissa Explains It All 90%
A child star's survival manual hidden inside a memoir: treat fame like a paper route.
by Melissa Joan Hart 2013
3.42
5k+ ratings
🎬 Child Stardom🎭 Showbiz Memoir🌱 Grounded Celebrity🛠️ Blue Collar Roots💼 Working Motherhood
HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS
by Munaf Kapadia • 2021
Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.
4.26
235
🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship📖 Culinary Memoirs🇮🇳 Indian Food📣 Brand Storytelling👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business
HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS Summary
HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS 90%
Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.
by Munaf Kapadia 2021
4.26
235 ratings
🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship📖 Culinary Memoirs🇮🇳 Indian Food📣 Brand Storytelling👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business
Growing Up Laughing
by Marlo Thomas • 2010
Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.
3.85
2k+
🌟 Celebrity Memoir🎭 Comedy History🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎤 Women In Comedy✊ Feminist Memoir
Growing Up Laughing Summary
Growing Up Laughing 90%
Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.
by Marlo Thomas 2010
3.85
2k+ ratings
🌟 Celebrity Memoir🎭 Comedy History🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎤 Women In Comedy✊ Feminist Memoir
Mother Tongue
by Christine Gilbert • 2016
A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.
3.72
449
🌊 Language Immersion👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting✈️ Family Travel📖 Language Learning Memoir❤️ Cultural Empathy
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue 90%
A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.
by Christine Gilbert 2016
3.72
449 ratings
🌊 Language Immersion👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting✈️ Family Travel📖 Language Learning Memoir❤️ Cultural Empathy
Sonny Boy
by Al Pacino • 2024
South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.
4.01
14k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎭 Acting Craft💫 The Cost Of Fame🍷 Addiction And Recovery🏙️ Rise From Poverty
Sonny Boy Summary
Sonny Boy 90%
South Bronx to The Godfather to fifty million lost. Pacino's most unguarded confession.
by Al Pacino 2024
4.01
14k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎭 Acting Craft💫 The Cost Of Fame🍷 Addiction And Recovery🏙️ Rise From Poverty
Love Life
by Rob Lowe • 2014
Fame, addiction, recovery. Rob Lowe learned that a good life is cast, not scripted.
3.68
12k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎭 Acting Craft🍃 Sobriety Journey👨‍👦 Fatherhood🧑‍🏫 Mentorship
Love Life Summary
Love Life 90%
Fame, addiction, recovery. Rob Lowe learned that a good life is cast, not scripted.
by Rob Lowe 2014
3.68
12k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🎭 Acting Craft🍃 Sobriety Journey👨‍👦 Fatherhood🧑‍🏫 Mentorship
French Kids Eat Everything ( And Yours Can, Too )
by Karen Le Billon • 2012
Picky eaters become adventurous in France. The rules any family can steal, no passport required.
3.94
10k+
🥦 Picky Eating🍎 Child Nutrition🍽️ Family Meals🇫🇷 French Parenting🥕 Raising Healthy Eaters
French Kids Eat Everything ( And Yours Can, Too ) Summary
French Kids Eat Everything ( And Yours Can, Too ) 89%
Picky eaters become adventurous in France. The rules any family can steal, no passport required.
by Karen Le Billon 2012
3.94
10k+ ratings
🥦 Picky Eating🍎 Child Nutrition🍽️ Family Meals🇫🇷 French Parenting🥕 Raising Healthy Eaters
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
by Curtis Chin • 2023
At his family's Detroit restaurant, a gay Chinese American kid learned what America won't serve.
3.83
5k+
🥡 Chinese American Experience🏠 Immigrant Families🌈 Coming Out Stories🏙️ Detroit🍽️ Restaurant Memoirs
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant Summary
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant 89%
At his family's Detroit restaurant, a gay Chinese American kid learned what America won't serve.
by Curtis Chin 2023
3.83
5k+ ratings
🥡 Chinese American Experience🏠 Immigrant Families🌈 Coming Out Stories🏙️ Detroit🍽️ Restaurant Memoirs
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
by Rachel Dratch • 2012
Rachel Dratch was 43, single, and done with baby dreams. A Hawaii fling changed everything.
3.63
28k+
🎤 Comedian Memoir🎬 Hollywood Memoir😂 Comic Personal Essays🔄 Midlife Reinvention👩‍👦 Solo Motherhood
Girl Walks into a Bar . . . Summary
Girl Walks into a Bar . . . 89%
Rachel Dratch was 43, single, and done with baby dreams. A Hawaii fling changed everything.
by Rachel Dratch 2012
3.63
28k+ ratings
🎤 Comedian Memoir🎬 Hollywood Memoir😂 Comic Personal Essays🔄 Midlife Reinvention👩‍👦 Solo Motherhood
Bits and Pieces
by Whoopi Goldberg • 2024
Her mother lost her memory. Then she taught Whoopi Goldberg everything that mattered.
4.28
17k+
🎭 Celebrity Memoir💕 Mother-Daughter Bonds🏙️ Working Class Roots💡 Everyday Wisdom🏠 Unconventional Families
Bits and Pieces Summary
Bits and Pieces 89%
Her mother lost her memory. Then she taught Whoopi Goldberg everything that mattered.
by Whoopi Goldberg 2024
4.28
17k+ ratings
🎭 Celebrity Memoir💕 Mother-Daughter Bonds🏙️ Working Class Roots💡 Everyday Wisdom🏠 Unconventional Families
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe • 2012
She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.
3.81
56k+
👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds🏥 Terminal Illness📚 Bibliotherapy🌍 Humanitarian Work🩺 Caregiver Memoirs
The End of Your Life Book Club Summary
The End of Your Life Book Club 89%
She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.
by Will Schwalbe 2012
3.81
56k+ ratings
👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds🏥 Terminal Illness📚 Bibliotherapy🌍 Humanitarian Work🩺 Caregiver Memoirs
Gordon Ramsay's Playing with Fire
by Gordon Ramsay • 2007
One restaurant lost a fortune. The brutal postmortem that followed built a global empire.
3.52
1k+
👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs🍽️ Restaurant Business🔪 Kitchen Leadership💼 Food Entrepreneurship📉 Learning From Failure
Gordon Ramsay's Playing with Fire Summary
Gordon Ramsay's Playing with Fire 89%
One restaurant lost a fortune. The brutal postmortem that followed built a global empire.
by Gordon Ramsay 2007
3.52
1k+ ratings
👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs🍽️ Restaurant Business🔪 Kitchen Leadership💼 Food Entrepreneurship📉 Learning From Failure
Silver Screen Fiend
by Patton Oswalt • 2015
A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.
3.62
8k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🎭 Comedian Memoirs⚠️ Addiction Memoirs💡 Creative Ambition🎪 Alternative Comedy
Silver Screen Fiend Summary
Silver Screen Fiend 89%
A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.
by Patton Oswalt 2015
3.62
8k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🎭 Comedian Memoirs⚠️ Addiction Memoirs💡 Creative Ambition🎪 Alternative Comedy
In Love
by Amy Bloom • 2022
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
4.26
26k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief🕊️ Assisted Suicide💀 Death Acceptance
In Love Summary
In Love 89%
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
by Amy Bloom 2022
4.26
26k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief🕊️ Assisted Suicide💀 Death Acceptance
Somewhere Towards the End
by Diana Athill • 2008
At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.
3.72
3k+
📖 Literary Memoir⏳ Aging And Mortality👩 Women's Lives✍️ Late-Life Creativity👥 Caregiving In Old Age
Somewhere Towards the End Summary
Somewhere Towards the End 89%
At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.
by Diana Athill 2008
3.72
3k+ ratings
📖 Literary Memoir⏳ Aging And Mortality👩 Women's Lives✍️ Late-Life Creativity👥 Caregiving In Old Age
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers • 2000
Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.
3.69
184k+
🪦 Parental Loss🖤 Grief Memoir👬 Brothers🏠 Unconventional Families🔄 Meta Memoir
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 89%
Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.
by Dave Eggers 2000
3.69
184k+ ratings
🪦 Parental Loss🖤 Grief Memoir👬 Brothers🏠 Unconventional Families🔄 Meta Memoir
The Princess Diarist
by Carrie Fisher • 2016
She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.
3.70
92k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoir😂 Comic Memoir🌟 Fame And Identity🎭 Behind The Scenes📝 Diary Memoir
The Princess Diarist Summary
The Princess Diarist 89%
She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.
by Carrie Fisher 2016
3.70
92k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoir😂 Comic Memoir🌟 Fame And Identity🎭 Behind The Scenes📝 Diary Memoir
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
by Georgia Pritchett • 2021
An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.
3.82
6k+
🧠 Anxiety Memoirs🎤 Women In Comedy📝 Vignette Memoir🖤 Dark Humor🇬🇧 British Humor
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life Summary
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life 89%
An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.
by Georgia Pritchett 2021
3.82
6k+ ratings
🧠 Anxiety Memoirs🎤 Women In Comedy📝 Vignette Memoir🖤 Dark Humor🇬🇧 British Humor
Find the Good
by Heather Lende • 2015
An obituary writer finds the secret to a good life hidden in messy, ordinary deaths she chronicles.
3.76
6k+
💀 Obituary Writing🤝 Community Connection⏳ Mortality🫴 Embracing Imperfection🏘️ Ordinary Lives
Find the Good Summary
Find the Good 89%
An obituary writer finds the secret to a good life hidden in messy, ordinary deaths she chronicles.
by Heather Lende 2015
3.76
6k+ ratings
💀 Obituary Writing🤝 Community Connection⏳ Mortality🫴 Embracing Imperfection🏘️ Ordinary Lives
Cooked
by Michael Pollan • 2013
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
4.08
26k+
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation🦠 Microbiome🐌 Slow Food Movement
Cooked Summary
Cooked 89%
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
by Michael Pollan 2013
4.08
26k+ ratings
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation🦠 Microbiome🐌 Slow Food Movement
What in the World?!
by Leanne Morgan • 2024
Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.
4.34
16k+
🏡 Southern Memoir🎤 Comedian Memoir🌟 Second Acts👶 Motherhood Humor🏘️ Small Town Life
What in the World?! Summary
What in the World?! 89%
Canceled sitcom. Shrimp-grilling husband. Makeup counter. Her hilarious detour to sold-out theaters.
by Leanne Morgan 2024
4.34
16k+ ratings
🏡 Southern Memoir🎤 Comedian Memoir🌟 Second Acts👶 Motherhood Humor🏘️ Small Town Life
French Women Don't Get Fat
by Mireille Guiliano • 2004
The French stay slim while eating butter and drinking wine. The cultural rules that replace dieting.
3.56
20k+
🥖 Food Culture🍽️ Mindful Eating😊 Joyful Eating⚖️ Portion Control🌿 Seasonal Cooking
French Women Don't Get Fat Summary
French Women Don't Get Fat 89%
The French stay slim while eating butter and drinking wine. The cultural rules that replace dieting.
by Mireille Guiliano 2004
3.56
20k+ ratings
🥖 Food Culture🍽️ Mindful Eating😊 Joyful Eating⚖️ Portion Control🌿 Seasonal Cooking
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
by Jenny Lawson • 2012
Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.
3.90
202k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir🖤 Dark Humor Memoir🌾 Rural Upbringing✍️ Personal Essays👯 Female Friendships
Let's Pretend This Never Happened Summary
Let's Pretend This Never Happened 89%
Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.
by Jenny Lawson 2012
3.90
202k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir🖤 Dark Humor Memoir🌾 Rural Upbringing✍️ Personal Essays👯 Female Friendships
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