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Physical weakness coupled with civil unrest in the Ivory Coast had extended a six-month furlough to several years and threatened to derail the Leidenfrosts’ plans to return to their beloved Africa and continue mission work with the Bakwé people. But now they were finally going home to their village…or so they thought. “On top of all this, a subtle grief over the loss of Africa continued to grip my heart. In my dismal state, I felt the clouds part and God’s presence come down to touch His child.

Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her – what to call it? – depression? Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions and harmful behaviours that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close in times of darkness.

From Normandy to the Caribbean Islands, this innovative biographical pursuit follows Adèle Hugo on her reckless journey of unrequited love – and the writer who chased after her more than 150 years later. In Pursuit of Love is part memoir and part travelogue, as well as an invigorating new approach to the writing of biography.

Con leggerezza e ironia, Isabel Allende rievoca momenti del passato e indugia sul presente per raccontarci le ragioni del suo femminismo. L’autrice parte dalle origini, dalla sua infanzia e adolescenza passate nella cornice di una rigida struttura patriarcale. L’istinto di ribellione è una sorta di reazione naturale al maschilismo imperante che genera in lei l’attitudine che negli anni l’ha portata a schierarsi sempre con i deboli, gli emarginati e tutte le donne che ancora lottano per l’emancipazione.

A personal story promising laughs, surprises, tears, and joy, and guaranteed to warm your heart! When a grandmother embarked on a two-week travel adventure to Italy with her eighteen-year-old twin granddaughters, Margie Miklas’s long-awaited dream became a reality. Excited to share her beloved Italia, she hoped to create a special experience they’d treasure for the rest of their lives.

On a journey to find out if love, trust, and faith in oneself is the key to breaking the generational curses that have plagued her family, Sara’s courageous reflections provide a unique and thought-provoking view on the path to discover inner peace and happiness. In this inspirational memoir, a story of triumph over adversity, Sara’s transformational journey highlights the importance of mind and body healing to help achieve our greatest potential by living our truest self.

Tra i 7 e i 14 anni la piccola Neige viene regolarmente violentata dal suo patrigno. Nel 2000 Neige sporge denuncia e l’uomo viene condannato. Vent’anni dopo, Neige trova la forza di raccontare ciò che le è capitato. Un libro, che usa la scrittura come un martello, attraversato da una domanda: colui che ha creato l’agnello ha creato anche la tigre? Candidato al Premio Strega Europeo 2024.

All her life, a young girl was told she was pretty, which seemed like a good thing, but the warnings that came along with it when she was around other family members, even those her own age, made that pretty little girl feel unprotected. The warnings also sparked curiosities that sent that little girl on a rollercoaster of a life that has included teenage pregnancy and going to college a year early, successful grades and a diagnosis for her young son that could have changed everything, mental and emotional issues that caused her to struggle and a will to win that helped her to keep climbing higher.

Rise from the Shadows: A Journey to Freedom is a heart-wrenching and inspiring memoir that chronicles the author's harrowing experiences with domestic violence and her courageous journey to reclaim her life. From a childhood marred by a violent father, the author recounts terrifying nights and the lasting scars left on her psyche. As she grows older, the pattern of abuse continues in her romantic relationships, culminating in a profoundly traumatic relationship with Ray Allen, a controlling and manipulative mail carrier.

A courageous woman with insatiable curiosity, Elliott shares her compelling story with disarming honesty. Right from the beginning, she draws the listener into her narrative as she threads her way through the turbulent early years of her life, overcoming many daunting challenges along the way. Her guiding star is her search for meaning and purpose, which leads her to some spellbinding adventures, including perilous climbs of daunting peaks, one of which was subsequently named after her.

Kicked out of a cult at seventeen, Patricia Walsh Chadwick started on the bottom rung of the ladder in the world of business and worked her way to the top—breaking through the glass ceiling to become a global partner at Invesco. Patricia grew up in a religious community-turned-cult in the Boston area. At the age of seventeen, she was forced out of her home, leaving behind her entire family, and without access to higher education. From her first job as a receptionist at a brokerage firm, she clawed her way up the ladder—rung by rung—in that bastion of male chauvinism: Wall Street.

Mary Jo Pehl is a writer and cast member on the twice Emmy-nominated and Peabody Awarding winning Mystery Science Theater 3000. She's been published in magazines, websites, and numerous anthologies, and her commentaries have been heard on NPR's All Things Considered. As a comedian and storyteller, Mary Jo has appeared on stages and at comedy festivals throughout the land, and with the Mortified and Risk! storytelling shows. Mary Jo lives, loves, and laughs in the Twin Cities.

You are holding in your hands a precautionary memoir. This extraordinarily personable author thrills audiences with her exploits and adventures as a die-hard quirky public high school science teacher. With twenty-six years as a science teacher, she has plenty of teenagers-driving-you-bonkers experience and describes her knowledge of the school system through first-person experiences. The authors activities and stories are inspirational to anyone interested in what happens inside the classroom when innovative teachers are involved.

A captivating true story about a young mother's struggle after losing the love of her life to Covid, having to navigate through grief, and discovering her path to happiness! Michelle Greene is a Canadian woman of Jamaican descent who became a mother to two boys at a very young age! This is her story of triumph. After one boy’s father passed away and the other left a permanent vacancy in their lives, Michelle worked hard to ensure her boys would want for nothing.

Uno de los más preciosos libros acerca del significado de la palabra familia. Cerca de cumplir los cincuenta años, Fabiola Hablützel descubrió que era adoptada. Después de salir del estado de conmoción que esta noticia le produjo, pensó que aquel descubrimiento era la respuesta a la pregunta que se había hecho desde niña. En más de una ocasión, la posibilidad de no ser hija biológica de sus padres rondó su mente, ya que el parecido físico con ellos no resultaba suficiente. Por más que recibió todo el amor que alguien hubiera podido desear, sentía que había algo distinto en ella.

Adoptada como una niña de Colombia y criada en los Estados Unidos, Mariela Andersen siempre ha tenido curiosidad por su raíz biológica. Ella quiere saber acerca de su familia biológica y se pregunta si alguna vez piensan en ella. Cuando un agente de búsqueda la ayuda a localizar a su familia biológica y se revela el misterio de su pasado, descubre más de lo que podría haber imaginado. Mariela comparte la historia de su familia biológica y su viaje a Colombia para conocerlos.

Wie fühlt es sich eigentlich an, wenn man all seine Träume verwirklicht hat? Was passiert, wenn man am Ziel ankommt und es sich ganz anders anfühlt als erträumt? Und was soll man machen, wenn nach einer Auswanderung den einen das Heimweh packt und die andere so glücklich ist wie nie zuvor? Dieser Erfahrungsbericht ist die Geschichte der vierköpfigen Familie der Autorin vom Ankommen in Schweden, vom Haus am Fluss und vom Leben auf ihrem Selbstversorgerhof in Südschweden.

El primer libro de Cristina Pedroche es una historia muy personal que duele por su honestidad y atrapa por su belleza. Un testimonio valiente sobre cómo plantarle cara al miedo. ¿Lo has experimentado alguna vez? ¿Has vivido eso de estar en el mejor momento de tu vida sintiéndote, al mismo tiempo, tan mal? No pensé que este tipo de cosas pudieran pasar. Bueno, yo creía que muchas de las cosas que te explicaré en este libro no me iban a pasar. Hasta que pasan.

This award-winning memoir became an overnight bestseller, winning the hearts of listeners globally as it follows a young mother diagnosed with breast cancer. Cara Sapida draws listeners in as she discovers a lump, navigates through hair loss and hardship, and ultimately embarks on a journey of healing and empowerment. Praised as a narrative filled with both heart and humor, listeners will find themselves laughing one moment and reaching for tissues the next.

In Traveling without Moving, Coleman shares intimate essays from her life: her childhood in Chicago—growing up in poverty with four siblings and a single mother—and the empowering decision to leave her first marriage. She writes about being the only Black student in a prestigious and predominantly White creative writing program, about institutional racism and implicit bias in writing instruction, about the violent legacies of racism in the US housing market, about the maternal health disparities seen across the country and their implication in her own miscarriage.