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Episode 43: Non-Celebrity Memoirs


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Tana is back to discuss some of our favorite memoirs by folks who are not celebrities, who have, arguably better stories to tell.


Discussed:

The Girl Who Smiled Beads, by Clemantine Wamariya

I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet, by Shauna Niequist

Almost American Girl, by Robin Ha

We Ate Wonder Bread, by Nicole Hollander

I'm Still Alive, by Roberto Saviano

Poppies of Iraq, by Bridgitte Findakly

Ducks, by Kate Beaton

Educated, by Tara Westover

Hillbilly Elegy, by JD Vance

Brain on Fire, by Suzannah Cahalan

Wild, by Cheryl Strayed

All That You Leave Behind, by Erin Lee Carr

The Liar's Club, by Mary Carr

In a Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado

The Dirty Life, by Kristen Kimball

Stitches, by David Small

Maus, by Art Spiegelman

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