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Becoming Rosie: Memoir of a Groupie

Becoming Rosie: Memoir of a Groupie

Author: Christine Fowler
Genre: Memoir
Just out of a dysfunctional marriage with two children to raise on my own, my love of music, the allure of musicians, and access to the stars led me to a wild lifestyle. It is sex, drugs, and rock and roll on the journey for love and letting my freak flag fly.
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Dibrova Diary

Dibrova Diary

Author: Mira Stefaniuk
Genre: Memoir

A delightful memoir about the rustic woodland near Brighton, Michigan that became a summer haven for five generations of Ukrainian immigrants. Rich with stories, imagery, poetry, legends and personal anecdotes, it is the universal story of displaced people separated from their ancestral land who search for a stability, community and home.
Includes 40 drawings by Luba Kytasty (author's sister) of Dibrova landmarks and critters.

Available from the author's website: http://dibrovadiary.com

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Searching for Nannie B: Connecting Three Generations of Southern Women

Searching for Nannie B: Connecting Three Generations of Southern Women

Author: Nancy Owen Nelson
Genre: Memoir

Nancy Owen Nelson's engrossing memoir is about her search for her mysterious grandmother, Nannie B., who died while giving birth to the author's mother in 1905. She was subsequently erased from the family memory, her death a too painful memory for Nancy's grandfather, successful Alabama businessman Robert Chandler. However, that erasure had a significant impact not only on the author's mother, but also on the author. Nancy Owen Nelson’s search resulted in raising more questions about herself, even as it answered questions about her mysterious grandmother. Nonetheless, in the end her journey toward discovery was one of startling self-awareness and connection.

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A Footpath in Umbria

A Footpath in Umbria

Author: Nancy Solak
Genre: Memoir

Being a homebody, Nancy never would have spent a year in Italy had it not been for her husband’s wanderlust.

The couple didn’t go there to buy or restore a house or to heal a trauma from the past. As ordinary boomers, they simply wanted to experience “The Dream” – to live in Italy. They settled down in traditional Umbria, just east of Tuscany.

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The Art of Holding On and Letting Go

The Art of Holding On and Letting Go

Fifteen-year-old Cara Jenkins feels most at home high off the ground, clinging to a rock wall by the tips of her fingers. She’s enjoyed a roaming life with her mountaineering parents, making the natural world her jungle gym, the writings of Annie Dillard and Henry David Thoreau her textbooks. But when tragedy strikes on an Ecuadorian mountaintop, Cara’s nomadic lifestyle comes to an abrupt halt, and she's sent to live with her grandparents in Detroit. Cara's story is about love and loss, the transformative power of nature, and discovering that home can be far from where you started.​

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