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Books about women and family
The Center of the Universe: A Memoir (2009), Nancy Bacharch
All Over But the Shoutin' (1997), Rick Bragg
The Road From Coorain (1990), Jill Kerr Conway
The Pioneer Women: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story (2011), Ree Drummond
Swallow the Ocean: A Memoir (2009), Laura Flynn
How I Came into my Inheritance and Other True Stories (2002), Dorothy Gallagher
The Liar's Club: A Memoir (2005), Mary Karr
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana (2002), Haven Kimmel
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (2006), James McBride
Mostly True: A Memoir of Family, Food and Baseball (2006), Molly O'Neill
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table (2010), Ruth Reichl
The Women Who Raised Me (2008), Victoria Rowell
Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family (2002), Patricia Volk
The Glass Castle (2006), Jeannette Walls
Denial: A Memoir of Terror (2010), Jessica Stern
Girls of a Tender Age (2005), Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Before the Knife: Memories of an African Childhood (2002), Carolyn Slaughter
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), Maya Angelou
Gather Together in My Name (1975), Maya Angelou
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976), Maya Angelou
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), Maya Angelou
The Kids Are All Right (2009), Liz Welch
A Remarkable Mother (2008), Jimmy Carter
Paula (1995), Isabel Allende
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (1972), Mary McCarthy
Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pals Journey from Down Under to All Over (1999), Geraldine Brooks.
From This Day Forward (2002). Cokie Roberts
About Alice (2006). Calvin Trillium
Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found (2001). Jennifer Lauck
The Sweeter the Juice (1995). Shirlee Hazlip.
Sleeping Arrangements (2000). Laura Cunningham.
Take my ex-husband but not too far. (1991). Barbara Malley.
Midstream. (1996). LeeAnne Schreider.
Lonely Girls with Burning Eyes. (1992). Marion Novak.
When Summers in the Meadow. (2003). Christine Breen.
Tide, Feather, Snow: A Life in Alaska. (2010). Miranda Weiss.
Extraordinary People Ordinary Lives: A Family Memoir. (2010). Condalezza Rice
The Golden Road. (2007). Caille Millner
Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away. (2006). June Cross
Whisper My Secret. (2006). JB Rowley
Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli and Me. (2013). Patrica Volk
Un-Remarried Widow. (2013). Artis Henderson
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage (2013). Ann Patchett
Come by Here (2007). Clarence Major
Her (2013). Christa Parravani
Maude (2014), Donna Mabry
When I Married My Mother. (2014). Jo Maeder
House of Happy Endings. (2008). Leslie Garis
Traveling to Infinity (2014). Jane Hawking
A Bridge Between: Northern Italy Come Hell or High Water (2012). Vela Pola.
Stories of My life (2014). Katherine Patterson.
Bastards: A Memoir (2015). Mary Anna King,
Outskirts of Hope (2015). Jo Iverster.
Butterfly Groove (2015) Jessica Barraco
Laughing Without an Accent (2008). Firoozeh Dumas
White Dresses (2016) Mary Peterson.
Ghost Songs (2015) Mary Peterson
Memoirs of a Sunday Brunch (2012) Julia Pandl
Educated (2018) Tara Westover
A Girls Guide to MIssiles. (2018). New York: Penguin.
All You Can Ever Know, (2018). New York: Catapult.
Inheritance (2019) Dani Shapiro.
When I was White. (2019). Sarah Valentine.
Murder, Motherhood and Miraculous Grace. (2019). Debra Moerke.
The World According to Fanny Davis. (2019). Bridgett Davis.
Memorial Drive. (2020). Natasha Trewethey.
Freckled. (2018). Toby Neal.
The Window Seat. (2021). Aminatta Forna.
How To Forget. (2019). Kate Mulgrew.