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1870 год. В штате Огайо идет перепись населения. Древняя как мир темнокожая старуха дремлет во дворике небольшого домишки. Скучающий переписчик фиксирует ее ответы на вопросы. Из памяти старухи поднимаются давно забытые воспоминания: с родовых врат, с собственного непроизносимого имени раскручивается причудливая спираль жизней мамы Грейс, наполненных тяжелым трудом, заботой о больных, но также любовью и, главное, жаждой свободы, о которой родившимся в Африке остается только рассказывать своим детям.

Пилявская родилась в 1911-м и дожила до 2000-го. В ее судьбу вместился весь страшный ХХ век, который ее не щадил, бил наотмашь: арест отца в 1937-м, война, потеря близких. Пилявская действительно писала только о том, что видела. Это книга грустная, но не безысходная. Потому что она о людях, у которых было творчество, а значит, они знали, для чего живут.

Nachdem Ihr Mann die Diagnose Gehirntumor erhält, ist für Katharina Hangel und ihre Familie nichts mehr so, wie es mal war. In sehr emotionalen Schilderungen beschreibt die zweifache Mutter, wie das Paar mit der Gewissheit umgegangen ist, nicht mehr viel Zeit miteinander verbringen zu können. In diesem Hörbuch (von der Autorin selbst gelesen) erzählt Katharina Hangel, wie sie es geschafft hat, trotz dieses Schicksalsschlages den Fokus auf das Positive und Schöne im Leben zu richten.

In 2019, Landen Hoffmann was thrown from the third-floor balcony of the largest mall in America—a 39-foot drop onto a concrete foundation. Medical professionals who happened to be at that exact place at that exact time found Landen lifeless—no breathing and no pulse. However Landen’s mother, Kari Hoffmann, immediately began praying and pleading for everyone in the mall to pray for her son.

This book chronicles my life journey, highlighting my pattern of choosing unhealthy relationships with men—cheaters, liars, abusers, and narcissists. As someone with a big heart but lacking boundaries, I navigated through various traumas that ultimately helped me grow and become stronger. In my quest for love from others, I discovered that the love I truly sought was within me all along. This book marks the beginning of my unconventional life story.

Run: An Uncharted Direction is a compelling memoir. It tells the story of Jess Silver through a lens that is centered on sports and fitness as imperative to her life, development of a perceptive compass and personal growth. Silver takes listeners on a journey into her story as she questions and contemplates her experiences and the daily truths that are apparent to us and those which are found through more inquisitive exploration, reflection and discovery. She encourages listeners to see themselves as seekers of novelty as she calls it in the opening chapter.

When bulldozers came to carve a highway through her property, one woman refused to move. Margaret “Bonnie” Orcutt wasn’t just protecting her home—she was standing her ground against the unstoppable weight of progress all the way to the White House. Set against the sun-scorched backdrop of Newberry Springs, California, Mrs. Orcutt’s Driveway tells the true and stirring story of a retired widow, a long-forgotten patch of Route 66, and the power of quiet defiance.

The summer of 1959 promises to stretch slowly forward, with one exception. The looming deadline of entering the Saint John General Hospital school of nursing as a probationer student, interrupts the worry-free days with a nagging doubt. Is nursing the right choice? Self-doubt is mingled with preparation in advance of the date of entry while Francene gets more jittery as the day approaches. She was born to nurse but did not know it yet.

In der afrikanischen Wüste kracht ein entgegenkommendes Auto in ihren Wagen und verletzt sie schwer. Im Krankenhaus kämpft Jil um ihre Zukunft. Mit unglaublichem Mut stellt sie sich schmerzhaften Therapien und einem neuen Alltag. Jil gibt alles für ihr großes Ziel, eines Tages wieder gehen und die Welt bereisen zu können.

Roma, 8 giugno 1944. Vera Simoni, figlia del generale Simone Simoni, massacrato nell'eccidio delle Fosse Ardeatine, guida un corteo di donne decise a incontrare il tenente colonnello John Pollock, comandante per la pubblica sicurezza a Roma. Sono vedove, madri, sorelle, figlie delle vittime e chiedono che ai 335 ostaggi massacrati il 24 marzo 1944 sia data degna sepoltura. Non hanno tempo per piangere e vogliono che quel luogo di morte diventi un simbolo: un'area sacra di lutto per ricordare i ribelli chiamati a combattere per la libertà.

Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as the songs of the artist herself.

Joni Mitchell’s life, psyche, and evolving legacy are explored here in vivid technicolor—from her childhood in Saskatoon, Canada, to her arrival in Laurel Canyon that turned her into, as Alford puts it, “the bard of heartbreak and longing.” Each period of Mitchell’s life is observed via the artists, friends, family, and lovers she encountered along the way. Presented in the impressionistic vein of Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, I Dream of Joni explores in fifty-three essays, with the author’s trademark wit and verve, the life of the legendary singer-songwriter.

After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir. Her remarkable career is unique and unparalleled. The only woman to top Billboard charts in seven consecutive decades, she is the winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who has been lauded by the Kennedy Center.

Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in this book, Minka Kelly’s life has been anything but easy. Raised by a single mother who worked as a stripper and struggled with addiction, Minka spent years waking up in strange apartments as she and her mom bounced around the country, relying on friends and relatives to take them in. Now an established actress and philanthropist, Minka takes this next step in her career as a writer.

This is the story of Carolyn’s mother, her dementia, and how they navigated her journey together. Your loved one may not force feed stuffed animals vanilla pudding or burn their neighbor’s mail like Fay did, but if you’re living through the sad realities of your loved one’s slow and tortuous farewell, this book will help you find solace as you deal with it realistically and with a heart at peace.

A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousin - and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her - amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter - the kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked - took her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his “secret garden” in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind, understanding, and safe adults in her life.

In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose faced a crisis: the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag for her with a few items, and, soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold. Decades later, Ashley’s granddaughter Ruth embroidered this family history on the sack in spare, haunting language. Historian Tiya Miles carefully traces these women’s faint presence in archival records, and, where archives fall short, she turns to objects, art, and the environment to write a singular history of slavery.

Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most memorable books in the face of the holocaust that Nazi Germany and its collaborators unleashed on European Jews between 1941 and 1945 across German-occupied Europe. Anne Frank was a German-born Jew hiding in Amsterdam with her family in 1942 when Nazis occupied Holland. She started keeping a diary in hiding - a diary she’d received for her 13th birthday from her parents.

Anaïs Nin was an influential and acclaimed writer best known for her diaries that cover six decades from the 1910s to the 1970s. In addition to her famous journals, her works include novels, essays, poetry, studies, and erotica - many of which remain popular to this day. As one of the first prominent female authors of erotica, Nin led a controversial life that was subject to many rumors. Her fearlessness when it came to tackling taboo topics such as incest, sexual abuse, and extra-marital affairs would earn her both staunch supporters and zealous critics.