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Fethiye Cetin recounts the story of her grandmother's early life, when she was sent on a death march from her small Armenian village after the men were slaughtered and eventually saved by a Turkish gendarme captain who adopted her.

Describes the lives of Marie Curie and her daughters. Nobel Prize winner and radiation pioneer Marie Curie was also a mother, widowed young, who raised two daughters alone: Irene, a Nobel Prize winning chemist in her own right, who played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, and Eve, a highly regarded humanitarian and journalist, who fought alongside the French Resistance during WWII.

Amy Dickinson, author of the syndicated advice column "Ask Amy," discusses her life, motherhood, and her family of strong women in the small town of Freeville in upstate New York, who raised and supported her and her daughter.

Discusses the origins of American art by tracing the author's artistic family.

Bestselling author Peter Balakian chronicles his life, focusing on his childhood in the American suburbs and how he felt after learning the truth about his family's experiences during the Armenian Genocide in 1915.

A black American traces his family's origins back to the African who was brought to America as a slave in 1767.

A memoir in which Condoleezza Rice, who served as National Security Advisor and as Secretary of State during the George W. Bush administrations, looks back over her life, discussing her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s, her career in education, and her service in the government, and sharing stories of her family.

Best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter, Ann, chronicle their travels together between 1998 and 2000, when they embarked on a journey of self-discovery and reconnection through Greece and France.

Jill Kelly, wife of Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, reflects on her son Hunter's genetic disease, which took his life at the age of eight, and how his illness and the times she shared with him affected her life, marriage, family, and faith.

Judy Shepard shares personal stories about her son Matthew's life and death, focusing on how she and her husband chose to honor their son's legacy after he was murdered in a brutal hate crime by becoming international gay rights activists.