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What is it like to know that the gender assigned to you at birth was wrong?
To be raised by parents who struggle withhoarding?
To fight alcoholaddiction, live with chronic pain, or face your own terminal cancer diagnosis?
These are just a few of the topics covered in these 16 important memoirs by women.
And you should consider reading them.
Writer Sherman Alexie described this book as anIliadfor the indigenous, and I cant wait to read it.
This book is an incredibly moving and powerful read.
Thats what happened to critical care physician Rana Awdish.
Grubbsa physicianfell in love with a man who had end-stage kidney disease, and was on the transplant list.
Porochista Khakpour has been sick for as long as she can remember.
Her memoir details the long, complicated path to her diagnosisand what happened next.
So, she spent a year studying the disorder and looking at how people handle it.
This funny, stunning book is the result.
Its a complicated memoir about cripplingalcoholism, and howsubstance abusetook over Bydlowskas life.
This book contains Riggs reflections on life and death.
Cahalan was eventually diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease, and her memoir is absolutely captivating.
Her memoir, aboutchronic painand search for a cure, is a must-read.
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