5 Books to Read If You Want Memoirs That Celebrate Women
Embark on an empowering literary journey with biographical works that delve into the complexities of womanhood, addressing societal expectations, personal challenges, and moments of profound transformation. Each page invites you to witness the world through the eyes of these incredible women, from various walks of life, as they navigate love, loss, triumphs, and tribulations.
A Perfectly Good Fantasy
by Lynn Walker
Release Date: January 30, 2024
Brace yourself for this darkly funny sequel to Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler’s Daughter. Even if you never struggled with addiction, you’ll find humor & wisdom in this story of how we can use anything—booze, relationships, potato chips—to change the way we feel. Be prepared, you might catch a glimpse of yourself on this wild ride.
Buy on AmazonLegacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
by Uché Blackstock
Release Date: January 23, 2024
Legacy is a journey through the critical intersection of racism and healthcare. At once a searing indictment of our healthcare system, a generational family memoir, and a call to action, Legacy is Dr. Blackstock’s odyssey from child to medical student to practicing physician—to finally seizing her own power as a health equity advocate against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Buy on AmazonThe Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
by Elizabeth B. White & Joanna Sliwa
Release Date: January 23, 2024
World War II and the Holocaust have given rise to many stories of resistance and rescue, but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the remarkable, unknown story of “Countess Janina Suchodolska,” a Jewish woman who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by Poland’s Nazi occupiers. The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat—drawing on Mehlberg’s own unpublished memoir.
Buy on AmazonThe Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice
by Elizabeth Flock
Release Date: January 9, 2024
Through Flock’s propulsive prose and remarkable research on the ground—embedded with families, communities, and organizations in America, India, and Syria—The Furies examines, with exquisite nuance, whether the fight for women’s safety is fully possible without force. Do these women’s acts of vengeance help or hurt them, and ultimately, all women? Did they create lasting change in entrenched misogynistic and paternalistic systems? And ultimately, what would societies in which women have real power look like?
Buy on AmazonI Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free
by Tabitha Brown
Release Date: January 30, 2024
Years ago, Tabitha Brown started a 30-day personal challenge that she called “I Did a New Thing!” The challenge was simple. Every day she would do something she’d never done before. Sometimes it was something small like trying a new food. Other times, she’d step it up a bit and speak to someone she’d never spoken to before. Still other times, she’d do the hard thing—facing a fear that she had, like having that tough conversation with a friend. No matter what it was, the point was that she was going to take a leap of faith and watch God open up a new lane for her.
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