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Stuck in the Middle with You, A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

On May 19, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

New York Times bestseller and acclaimed author Jennifer Finney Boylan returns with a remarkable memoir about gender and parenting, including incredible interviews discussing gender, how families are shaped, and the difficulties and wonders of being human.

That’s That, A Memoir of Growing up Catholic in Northern Ireland during the Troubles by Colin Broderick

On May 19, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

Colin Broderick grew up in Northern Ireland during the period of heightened tension and violence known as the Troubles. The first book to paint a detailed depiction of Northern Ireland’s Troubles, That’s That is told in the wry, memorable voice of a man who’s finally come to terms with his past.

The Cooked Seed, A Memoir and Immigrant Story by Anchee Min

On May 15, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

Min returns to the story of her own life to give us the next chapter, an immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money, or a clear path.

Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress by Olympia Snowe

On May 14, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Political, by Editor

Olympia Snowe’s new book will draw on the lessons she’s learned as a policymaker, and the frustration she shares with the American people about the government’s dwindling productivity. Senator Snowe passionately argues that the government has now lost its way, shows how this happened, and proposes ways for the world’s greatest deliberative body to, once again, fulfill its mission.

Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six by Jessica Buchanan

On May 14, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Military, Nonfiction, by Editor

Both a testament to two people’s courage and a nail-biting look at a life-or-death struggle, this is a harrowing and deeply personal story about their triumph over impossible odds.

She Left Me the Gun: My Mother’s Life Before Me, A Riveting Memoir by British Journalist Emma Brockes

On May 14, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

A chilling work of psychological suspense and forensic memoir, She Left Me the Gun is a tale of true transformation: the story of a young woman who reinvented herself so completely that her previous life seemed simply to vanish, and of a daughter who transcends her mother’s fears and reclaims an abandoned past.

A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert “Believe It or Not!” Ripley by Neal Thompson

On May 12, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

A Curious Man is the marvelously compelling biography of Robert “Believe It or Not” Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned globetrotting millionaire who won international fame by celebrating the world’s strangest oddities, and whose outrageous showmanship taught us to believe in the unbelievable.

Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio: His Life in His Own Words by Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti

On May 11, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Religious Studies, by Editor

Through his own words, we come to know a man whose actions and words reflect his deeply-rooted humility. The book concludes with the Pope’s own writings and reflections, full of wisdom and inspiration.

Class A, A Baseball Team in the Middle of Everywhere by Lucas Mann

On May 10, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sports, by Editor

An unforgettable chronicle of a year of minor-league baseball in a small Iowa town that follows not only the travails of the players of the Clinton LumberKings but also the lives of their dedicated fans and of the town itself. Part sports story, part cultural exploration, part memoir, Class A is a moving and unique study of why we play, why we watch, and why we remember.

Steal the Menu, A Culinary Memoir of Forty Years in Food by Raymond Sokolov

On May 10, 2013, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Cooking, Food & Wine, Nonfiction, by Editor

Four decades of memories from a gastronome who witnessed the food revolution from the (well-provisioned) trenches—a delicious tour through contemporary food history. Steal the Menu is, above all, an entertaining and engaging account of a tumultuous period of globalizing food ideas and frontier-crossing ingredients that produced the unprecedentedly rich and diverse way of eating we enjoy today.