Favourite or Unique Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs
- Description
- 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
- Explanations
- 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
20,562 members
798 reviews
4.2
Score 6.4
Added 2016-02-06, 05:10 PM
- 2 Members
- dara85, LibraryCin
- Explanations
- LibraryCin: One of my favourites.
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8,563 members
322 reviews
4.2
Score 4
Added 2016-02-06, 05:10 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Explanations
- LibraryCin: A graphic novel of a girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
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51 members
½ 3.7
Score 2.83
Added 2016-02-06, 05:10 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Explanations
- LibraryCin: I don't read a lot of celebrity bios, but I love Buddy Holly, and learned a lot from this one.
5
90 members
3 reviews
3.8
Score 2.68
Added 2016-02-06, 05:11 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Explanations
- LibraryCin: Geralyn Lucas was only 27 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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- Member
- LibraryCin
- Explanations
- LibraryCin: Interesting to learn about Hutterite culture.
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by David Suzuki
153 members
1 review
4
Score 2.46
Added 2016-02-06, 05:11 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Explanations
- LibraryCin: For those interested in the environment, I enjoyed this one.
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29 members
1 review
½ 3.3
Score 2.38
Added 2016-02-06, 05:11 PM
- Member
- LibraryCin
- Explanations
- 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.)