Favourite or Unique Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs
- Beschrijving
- I'm leaving out pet/animal bios in this list. See my Animals list for some of those. Some of these bios are amongst my favourites; others are just ones I really liked, but are unique in some way.
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- 2 Members
- dara85, LibraryCin
- Verklaringen
- LibraryCin: Carolyn Jessop was a fundamentalist Mormon, one of among many wives to one man. She had eight kids and managed to escape with them all.
2
door Jeannette Walls
20,589 leden
796 besprekingen
4.2
Score 6.4
Toegevoegd 2016-02-06, 05:10 PM
- 2 Members
- dara85, LibraryCin
- Verklaringen
- LibraryCin: One of my favourites.
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- Member
- LibraryCin
- Verklaringen
- LibraryCin: A graphic novel of a girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
4
door Philip Norman
51 leden
½ 3.7
Score 2.83
Toegevoegd 2016-02-06, 05:10 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Verklaringen
- LibraryCin: I don't read a lot of celebrity bios, but I love Buddy Holly, and learned a lot from this one.
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door Geralyn Lucas
89 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2016-02-06, 05:11 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Verklaringen
- LibraryCin: Geralyn Lucas was only 27 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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door Mary-Ann Kirkby
362 leden
30 besprekingen
3.8
Score 2.56
Toegevoegd 2016-02-06, 05:11 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Verklaringen
- LibraryCin: Interesting to learn about Hutterite culture.
7
door David Suzuki
152 leden
1 bespreking
4
Score 2.46
Toegevoegd 2016-02-06, 05:11 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Verklaringen
- LibraryCin: For those interested in the environment, I enjoyed this one.
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door Melissa Hawach
29 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
Score 2.38
Toegevoegd 2016-02-06, 05:11 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Verklaringen
- LibraryCin: Melissa's two daughters were kidnapped by their father and taken from Canada via Australia to the Middle East. It was not easy to get them back. It did remind me of Not Without My Daughter, and is a true story (I remember the headlines as it happened.)
