Cori’s Pick: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Fresh out of college, 22 year old Suleika Jaouad has just moved to Paris, is pursuing her dream job and has fallen in love. But what literally started as an itch on her legs quickly escalates and throws her life into…
Tag: Memoir
Greenlights
Rebecca’s Pick: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey I’ve never been a huge Matthew McConaughey fan, but I’ve never outright disliked him either. I don’t know about you, but I when I hear his name I immediately get the mental image of Wooderson from Dazed and Confused who oozed cool as he uttered the iconic line “alright,…
Sitting Pretty
Cori’s Pick: Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig Perception is an interesting thing. A coworker once told me, ‘…their perception is their reality.’ It’s amazing how long this simple insight has stuck with me. Although we are all here on Earth living our lives together, we simultaneously live in our own realities, which differ greatly; and…
The Adventurer’s Son
Cori’s Pick: The Adventurer’s Son by Roman Dial The Adventurer’s Son is a memoir, written by Roman Dial. Roman is a professor, biologist, legendary Alaskan explorer, and National Geographic Explorer. And until the publication of this book (February 2020), the only other book he had written was a how-to guide on packrafting. Roman and his…
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off
Bob’s Pick: Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine Imagine that you’re at a small dinner party populated by celebrities. You’re seated at the dining table about to pop a scrumptious looking hors de oeuvre, perhaps a caviar coated cracker, into your mouth, but who should take a seat directly across from you. Seated…
Dear Girls
Cori’s Pick: Dear Girls by Ali Wong Comedian Ali Wong has gifted us this book of unfiltered letters to her young daughters and I think we all need to thank her. Full disclosure: it’s vulgar in places and at times it made me blush, but it’s totally real and I loved it! She talks about…
The Sun Does Shine
Cori’s Pick: The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton In 1985, at the age of 29, Anthony Ray Hinton is arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama and sentenced to death by electrocution. At first glance of this statement, you may think that the punishment fits the crime. That he…
Educated
Cori’s Pick: Educated by Tara Westover Wow. For every page I turned in this book, that was my reaction….just, wow. Tara Westover’s new memoir, Educated will make you realize what it truly means to prevail. To overcome. To succeed….even though Tara herself did not often feel triumphant. Tara was born on a mountain in rural…
Ana’s Story
Dallas’ Pick: Ana’s Story by Jenna Bush By the age of sixteen Ana has had a child, lived with four different relatives, found out she has HIV AIDS, outlived her mother and father, been sexually assaulted, abused, and lived in two different group homes. This book is a nonfiction book but the names were changed…
Working Stiff
Working Stiff by Judy Melinek, MD Judy Melinek presents an engrossing look at her training in to be a medical examiner in the New York City Office of the Medical Examiner. She carefully explains procedures and duties performed by those involved with death investigation. This includes autopsies, investigating death scenes and counseling those grieving relatives…
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