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Sex cult nun : breaking away from the Children of God, a wild, radical religious cult2021
Summary: Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau, Jones was raised to be part of a religious army preparing for the End Times. Thousands of members strong, the cult followers of the Children of God looked to... more »- place hold (0)
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The dragons, the giant, the women : a memoir2020
Summary: When Wayetu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother,... more »- place hold (0)
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Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive2019
Summary: At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickEducated : a memoir2018
Summary: Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and... more »- place hold (0)
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A hope more powerful than the sea : one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival2017
Summary: The extraordinary story of one refugee's quest to find a new life in the midst of one the most pressing international crises of our time. Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight. Just debris from... more »- place hold (0)
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The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State2017
Summary: In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and... more »- place hold (0)
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The sound of gravel : a memoir2016
Summary: The true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist family. Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father's forty-two children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turn a... more »- place hold (0)
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In order to live : a North Korean girl's journey to freedom2015
Summary: Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually made it to South Korea two years later after a harrowing ordeal, recognized that in order to be... more »- place hold (0)
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Hope : a memoir of survival in Cleveland2015
Summary: On May 6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines around the world when she fled a Cleveland home and called 911, saying: "Help me, I'm Amanda Berry... I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for ten... more »- place hold (0)
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The favored daughter : one woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future2012
Summary: The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, the author was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme... more »- place hold (0)
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A stolen life : a memoir2011
Summary: The memoir of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped on June 10, 1991, when she was 11 years old, and was missing--held prisoner by a registered sex offender--for over 18 years before her reappearance in 2009.- place hold (0)
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Breaking night : a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard2010
Summary: The memoir of a young woman who at age 15 was living on the streets but survived to make it to Harvard. Murray's story was featured in the Lifetime Original Movie "Homeless to Harvard."- place hold (0)
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Sickened : the memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood2003
Summary: A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor's examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she's tall, skinny, and weak. It's four o'clock, and she hasn't... more »- place hold (0)
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I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
Summary: When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price.- place hold (0)
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My story
Summary: "For the first time, ten years after her abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime On June... more »- place hold (0)
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