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Anecdotes Anecdotes. Autobiographies. Autobiography Biographies. biography Essais. Essay Essays. essays.Klein, Jessi
Summary: In Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesus Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, gang life, and substance abuse. Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesus Leon's childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEON LEOVan Ness, Jonathan
Summary: In Jonathan Van Ness' New York Times bestselling memoir Over the Top, he showed readers how the incredibly difficult moments from his life (surviving sexual abuse and addiction, being diagnosed with HIV) have existed alongside great joy and positivity (landing a breakout role on Netflix's Queer Eye, becoming an amateur figure skater and professional stand-up comedian, doting on his cats). If...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VAN NESS, JONATHAN VANRodgers, Mary
Summary: "The memoirs of Mary Rodgers--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried everything.""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022