Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus
“Two victims of
infamous Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro share the story of their abductions,
their decade in captivity, and their dramatic escape.” –WorldCat
Open Heart, Open Mind by Clara Hughes
“Told with honesty and
passion, Open Heart, Open Mind is Clara’s personal journey through physical and
mental pain to a life where love and understanding can thrive. This revelatory
and inspiring story will touch the hearts of all Canadians.” –Amazon
The Lightless Sky by Gulwali Passarlay
“A twelve-year-old
refugee's harrowing escape from Afghanistan and his extraordinary journey
across half the world. A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of
fortitude and survival, of a boy's traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the
West, that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian
crises of our time.” –WorldCat
The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew
“Born to an
Anishinaabe father and a non-native mother, he has a foot in both cultures. He
is a Sundancer, an academic, a former rapper, a hereditary chief, and an urban
activist. Kinew writes affectingly of his own struggles in his twenties to find
the right path, eventually giving up a self-destructive lifestyle to passionately
pursue music and martial arts. From his unique vantage point, he offers an
inside view of what it means to be an educated aboriginal living in a country
that is just beginning to wake up to its aboriginal history and living
presence.” –WorldCat
Tomcats and House Calls by William O’Flaherty
“Dr. William O'Flaherty draws on thousands of patient encounters, both human
and animal, for Tomcats and House Calls:
Memoir of a Country Doctor. O'Flaherty’s 24 stories about living and
doctoring in rural Newfoundland and New Brunswick are filled with humour and
poignancy; insight gained from 40+ years of facing life, death, and the truly
unexpected.” –WorldCat