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Homeschooled

A New York Times Bestselling Memoir and Read with Jenna Pick

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK • A heartbreaking, empowering, often hilarious debut memoir about a mother’s all-consuming love, a son’s perilous quest to discover the world beyond the front door and the unregulated homeschool system that impacts millions like him*A BookRiot Best Book of the Year**A BookPage Memoir of the Year*<b... ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK • A heartbreaking, empowering, often hilarious debut memoir about a mother’s all-consuming love, a son’s perilous quest to discover the world beyond the front door and the unregulated homeschool system that impacts millions like him*A BookRiot Best Book of the Year**A BookPage Memoir of the Year*<b...
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My Own Country

A Doctor's Story

by Abraham Verghese ...

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist“A fine mix of compassion and precision . . . Verghese makes indelible narratives of his cases, and they read like wrenching short stories.”—Pico IyerFrom the author of The Covenant of Water and Cutting for Stone comes a story of a doctor who was changed and shaped by his patients, medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest ... Read more

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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist“A fine mix of compassion and precision . . . Verghese makes indelible narratives of his cases, and they read like wrenching short stories.”—Pico IyerFrom the author of The Covenant of Water and Cutting for Stone comes a story of a doctor who was changed and shaped by his patients, medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest
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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind

My Tale of Madness and Recovery

by Barbara K. Lipska, Elaine McArdle ...

In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts Barbara Lipska's deadly brain cancer and explains its unforgettable lessons about the brain and mind.Neuroscientist Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and was treated, she experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to ... Read more

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In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts Barbara Lipska's deadly brain cancer and explains its unforgettable lessons about the brain and mind.Neuroscientist Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and was treated, she experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to
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From There to Here

A memoir from the award-winning New Zealand columnist, teacher, and international bestselling author

by Joe Bennett ...

From Willingdon to Lyttelton, a memoir about love, learning and the journey to thirtyJoe Bennett is the author of countless columns, over twenty books, and now, at long last, a memoir. From There to Here describes a childhood of fishing, cricket, friends, a dog, some mild molestation and a few deaths. There's the long-haired gloom and vehemence of adolescence. There's love and heartache, an urge ... Read more

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From Willingdon to Lyttelton, a memoir about love, learning and the journey to thirtyJoe Bennett is the author of countless columns, over twenty books, and now, at long last, a memoir. From There to Here describes a childhood of fishing, cricket, friends, a dog, some mild molestation and a few deaths. There's the long-haired gloom and vehemence of adolescence. There's love and heartache, an urge
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