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Better-Than-Fiction Memoirs

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  • Hillbilly Elegy

    a Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

    Vance, J. D.,
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] — 921 VANCE
  • Climbing the Mango Trees

    a Memoir of a Childhood in India

    Jaffrey, Madhur
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. — 641.5092 JAFFREY
  • Wild

    From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

    Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. — 796.51 STRAYED /SUMMER READING
  • Even After All This Time

    a Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran

    Latifi, Afschineh
    BookNew York, NY : Regan Books, c2005. — B L349a
  • Kaffir Boy

    the True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

    Mathabane, Mark
    BookNew York : Macmillan, c1986. — 968.06 MATHABANE
  • BookNew York : Viking, 1995. — 921 KARR
  • All Souls

    a Family Story From Southie

    MacDonald, Michael Patrick
    BookBoston : Beacon Press, c1999. — 921 MACDONALD
  • Lost in Place

    Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia

    Salzman, Mark
    BookNew York : Random House, c1995. — 921 SALZMAN
  • Saffron Sky

    a Life Between Iran and America

    Asayesh, Gelareh
    BookBoston : Beacon Press, c1999. — B As14a
  • BookSan Francisco : North Point Press, 1983, c1942. — 916.76 M
  • The Flame Trees of Thika

    Memories of An African Childhood : With a New Introduction by the Author

    Huxley, Elspeth, 1907-1997
    BookNew York : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987, c1959. — B H9819a 1987
  • A Girl Named Zippy

    Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana

    Kimmel, Haven, 1965-
    BookNew York : Doubleday, c2001. — 921 KIMMEL