autobiographies

Nancy Tucker reflects on suffering from anorexia and bulimia in her childhood, and the road to health and recovery as an adult.

"Renders the singular arc of a woman's life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today. Beginning with the grandfather she never knew, the letters range from a missive to the beloved priest from her childhood to remembrances of former lovers to an homage to a firefighter she encountered to a heartfelt communication with the uncle of the infant daughter she adopted. Readers will be amazed by the depth and style of these letters, which reveal the complexity and power to be found in relationships both loving and fraught"--Provided by publisher.

Television writer Shonda Rhimes, an introvert who always said no to invites, shares her experiences with saying yes to every challenge put before her for one year.

"Laura Lynne Jackson is a wife, a mother, a high school English teacher-and a psychic medium. ... In 'The Light Between Us' she shares her ... journey and the lessons in love she's learned along the way. Jackson is just a child when she first realizes she is different from her peers. ... She has premonitions about friends and family members that leave her feeling helpless, sad, and confused. She confides in her mother-and learns that the gift runs in the family. ... Here too are ... accounts of ordinary people reunited with their departed friends and family members-true stories of forgiveness and reconciliation that transcend the barrier between life and death"--Amazon.com.

Alona Frankel was just two years old when Germany invaded Poland. After a Polish carpenter agreed to hide her parents but not her, Alona's parents desperately handed her over to a greedy woman who agreed to hide her only as long as they continued to send money. Isolated from her parents and living among pigs, horses, mice, and lice, Alona taught herself to read and drew on scraps of paper. In time, the money ran out and Alona was tossed into her parents' hiding place, at this point barely recognizing them. After Poland's liberation, Alona's mother was admitted to a terminal hospital for tuberculosis and Alona was handed over to a wealthy, arrogant family of Jewish survivors who eventually cast her off into an orphanage. Despite these daily horrors and dangers surrounding her, Alona's imagination would not let her give up. Today she lives in Israel and has written and illustrated over fifty children's books, including the international best seller, Once Upon a Potty.

"The incredible true story of Michael Bornstein--who at age 4 was one of the youngest children to be liberated from Auschwitz--and of his family"--Provided by publisher.

"Simone takes you through the events, challenges, and trials that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the 2016 Olympic team"--Provided by publisher.

Etler's intense, unforgettable memoir uncovers the lies behind Straight, Inc., a teen rehab facility that was supposed to give teens help. Instead, it gave them hell.