50 Books like Expecting Adam

Poser

by Claire Dederer • 2010

Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.

3.57

6k+

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood 🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism 💔 Generational Divorce

Poser 92%

Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.

by Claire Dederer 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood 🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism 💔 Generational Divorce

The Little Locksmith

by Katharine Butler Hathaway • 1943

A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.

3.67

1k+

🩻 Disability Memoir ✍️ Writing Life 🦴 Embodied Difference

The Little Locksmith 92%

A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.

by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943

3.67

1k+ ratings

🩻 Disability Memoir ✍️ Writing Life 🦴 Embodied Difference

Far From The Tree

by Andrew Solomon • 2012

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

4.27

23k+

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability

Far From The Tree 92%

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

by Andrew Solomon 2012

4.27

23k+ ratings

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability

Ghost Boy

by Martin Pistorius • 2011

At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.

4.05

28k+

🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs 🧠 Locked-In Syndrome 🏥 Neurological Disorders

Ghost Boy 92%

At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.

by Martin Pistorius 2011

4.05

28k+ ratings

🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs 🧠 Locked-In Syndrome 🏥 Neurological Disorders

The Reason I Jump

by Naoki Higashida • 2005

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

3.88

63k+

🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing

The Reason I Jump 92%

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

by Naoki Higashida 2005

3.88

63k+ ratings

🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing

Differently Wired

by Deborah Reber • 2018

Your child isn't broken; the parenting rulebook is. Rewriting the rules for neurodivergent kids.

4.15

2k+

🧠 Neurodiversity 👨‍👩‍👧 Special Needs Parenting 💪 Strength-Based Parenting

Differently Wired 91%

Your child isn't broken; the parenting rulebook is. Rewriting the rules for neurodivergent kids.

by Deborah Reber 2018

4.15

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity 👨‍👩‍👧 Special Needs Parenting 💪 Strength-Based Parenting

Poster Child

by Emily Rapp • 2006

Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.

3.72

645

🩺 Medical Memoir 🦿 Physical Disability 💭 Internalized Ableism

Poster Child 91%

Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.

by Emily Rapp 2006

3.72

645 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 🦿 Physical Disability 💭 Internalized Ableism

A Smile as Big as the Moon

by Mike Kersjes • 2002

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

4.31

527

🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy

A Smile as Big as the Moon 91%

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

by Mike Kersjes 2002

4.31

527 ratings

🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy

Not Fade Away

by Rebecca Alexander • 2014

At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.

3.96

1k+

🦽 Disability Memoirs 👂 Sensory Loss ⏳ Progressive Illness

Not Fade Away 91%

At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.

by Rebecca Alexander 2014

3.96

1k+ ratings

🦽 Disability Memoirs 👂 Sensory Loss ⏳ Progressive Illness

The Country of the Blind

by Andrew Leland • 2023

A writer losing his sight discovers blindness is a vast, varied world hiding in plain view.

4.09

6k+

🦯 Blindness Memoir ✊ Disability Rights 🩺 Chronic Illness

The Country of the Blind 91%

A writer losing his sight discovers blindness is a vast, varied world hiding in plain view.

by Andrew Leland 2023

4.09

6k+ ratings

🦯 Blindness Memoir ✊ Disability Rights 🩺 Chronic Illness

Autism, Asperger's, Anarchy! The Ringmaster's Tale

by Helen Wallace-Iles • 2018

Autism parenting without the fix-it script: a field guide from diagnosis to self-care.

4.60

👨‍👩‍👧 Autism Parenting 🌈 Neurodiversity Movement 👂 Sensory Processing

Autism, Asperger's, Anarchy! The Ringmaster's Tale Summary

Autism, Asperger's, Anarchy! The Ringmaster's Tale 91%

Autism parenting without the fix-it script: a field guide from diagnosis to self-care.

by Helen Wallace-Iles 2018

4.60

5 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Autism Parenting 🌈 Neurodiversity Movement 👂 Sensory Processing

Carry On, Warrior

by Glennon Doyle • 2013

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

4.10

30k+

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality

Carry On, Warrior 91%

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

by Glennon Doyle 2013

4.10

30k+ ratings

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality

My Left Foot

by Christy Brown • 1954

His mind was sound, his body locked. A left foot and yellow chalk proved it.

4.05

9k+

🦽 Physical Disability Memoir 🇮🇪 Irish Autobiography 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond

My Left Foot 91%

His mind was sound, his body locked. A left foot and yellow chalk proved it.

by Christy Brown 1954

4.05

9k+ ratings

🦽 Physical Disability Memoir 🇮🇪 Irish Autobiography 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond

The Geography of Memory

by Jeanne Murray Walker • 2013

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

3.98

117

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The Geography of Memory 91%

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

by Jeanne Murray Walker 2013

3.98

117 ratings

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

Elle & Coach

by Stefany Shaheen • 2015

Her eight-year-old's blood sugar hit 964. A service dog named Coach took the night shift.

4.35

482

🩺 Chronic Illness Parenting 🐕 Service Dogs 💉 Diabetes Management

Elle & Coach 91%

Her eight-year-old's blood sugar hit 964. A service dog named Coach took the night shift.

by Stefany Shaheen 2015

4.35

482 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness Parenting 🐕 Service Dogs 💉 Diabetes Management

Life on Delay

by John Hendrickson • 2023

One interview with Joe Biden forced a journalist to confront what he'd spent a lifetime hiding.

4.47

2k+

🗣️ Speech Disorders ♿ Living With Disability 📖 Disability Memoir

Life on Delay 91%

One interview with Joe Biden forced a journalist to confront what he'd spent a lifetime hiding.

by John Hendrickson 2023

4.47

2k+ ratings

🗣️ Speech Disorders ♿ Living With Disability 📖 Disability Memoir

The World's Strongest Librarian

by Josh Hanagarne • 2013

A six-foot-seven librarian with Tourette's turns to kettlebells and breathing for relief.

3.82

13k+

📚 Librarian Memoirs 🧠 Tourette Syndrome 💪 Strength Training

The World's Strongest Librarian 91%

A six-foot-seven librarian with Tourette's turns to kettlebells and breathing for relief.

by Josh Hanagarne 2013

3.82

13k+ ratings

📚 Librarian Memoirs 🧠 Tourette Syndrome 💪 Strength Training

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal

by Scott Benner • 2013

A stay-at-home dad could handle laundry and diapers. The diabetes diagnosis was something else.

4.09

151

🏠 Stay-At-Home Parenting 👨‍👧‍👦 Modern Fatherhood 📋 Adoption Stories

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal Summary

Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal 91%

A stay-at-home dad could handle laundry and diapers. The diabetes diagnosis was something else.

by Scott Benner 2013

4.09

151 ratings

🏠 Stay-At-Home Parenting 👨‍👧‍👦 Modern Fatherhood 📋 Adoption Stories

Breaking the Silence

by Casey Watson • 2013

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

4.42

1k+

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting

Breaking the Silence 91%

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

by Casey Watson 2013

4.42

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting

Freaks, Geeks & Aspergers Syndrome

by Luke Jackson • 2002

Asperger's isn't a disease and adolescence isn't a death sentence. A 13-year-old tells you how.

3.95

2k+

📖 Autism Memoir 🧠 Neurodiversity Movement 🔊 Sensory Processing

Freaks, Geeks & Aspergers Syndrome Summary

Freaks, Geeks & Aspergers Syndrome 90%

Asperger's isn't a disease and adolescence isn't a death sentence. A 13-year-old tells you how.

by Luke Jackson 2002

3.95

2k+ ratings

📖 Autism Memoir 🧠 Neurodiversity Movement 🔊 Sensory Processing

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

4.62

35k+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir

A Heart That Works 90%

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

by Rob Delaney 2022

4.62

35k+ ratings

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir

I Can Fix This

by Kristina Kuzmic • 2024

Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.

4.65

2k+

📉 Child Mental Health 👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir 😔 Parental Guilt

I Can Fix This 90%

Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.

by Kristina Kuzmic 2024

4.65

2k+ ratings

📉 Child Mental Health 👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir 😔 Parental Guilt

Love Warrior

by Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

4.07

75k+

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability

Love Warrior 90%

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016

4.07

75k+ ratings

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability

Homeschooled

by Stefan Merrill Block • 2026

His mother's homeschooling promised genius and freedom. It delivered a decade alone in a bedroom.

3.63

19k+

🏠 Homeschooling Memoir 🔗 Parental Enmeshment 🏝️ Childhood Isolation

Homeschooled 90%

His mother's homeschooling promised genius and freedom. It delivered a decade alone in a bedroom.

by Stefan Merrill Block 2026

3.63

19k+ ratings

🏠 Homeschooling Memoir 🔗 Parental Enmeshment 🏝️ Childhood Isolation

The Beauty of Dusk

by Frank Bruni • 2022

A stroke took half his eyesight. Blind climbers showed him what fills the space loss creates.

4.06

4k+

🏥 Memoir Of Illness 🦯 Living With Disability 🛡️ Resilience

The Beauty of Dusk 90%

A stroke took half his eyesight. Blind climbers showed him what fills the space loss creates.

by Frank Bruni 2022

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏥 Memoir Of Illness 🦯 Living With Disability 🛡️ Resilience

Unstoppable

by Nick Vujicic • 2012

Born without limbs, suicidal at ten, he learned: believing is not enough. Faith must move.

4.06

2k+

🕊️ Christian Living 💪 Overcoming Adversity ♿ Disability Advocacy

Unstoppable 90%

Born without limbs, suicidal at ten, he learned: believing is not enough. Faith must move.

by Nick Vujicic 2012

4.06

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 💪 Overcoming Adversity ♿ Disability Advocacy

The 52 Week Project

by Lauren Keenan • 2020

Fifty-two uncomfortable firsts in one year: how a mother rebuilt the identity she'd lost.

3.35

379

🎪 Stunt Memoir 🆕 New Experiences 🚧 Comfort Zones

The 52 Week Project 90%

Fifty-two uncomfortable firsts in one year: how a mother rebuilt the identity she'd lost.

by Lauren Keenan 2020

3.35

379 ratings

🎪 Stunt Memoir 🆕 New Experiences 🚧 Comfort Zones

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet

by Sara Hagerty • 2014

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

4.06

3k+

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet 90%

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

by Sara Hagerty 2014

4.06

3k+ ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Canaries Among Us

by Kayla Taylor • 2022

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

4.26

227

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Canaries Among Us 90%

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

by Kayla Taylor 2022

4.26

227 ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

It. Goes. So. Fast.

by Mary Louise Kelly • 2023

Her son's last year at home, her marriage's last year, and she's still flying to war zones.

3.85

12k+

🏢 Working Motherhood 👶 Motherhood Memoir 🎤 War Correspondence

It. Goes. So. Fast. 90%

Her son's last year at home, her marriage's last year, and she's still flying to war zones.

by Mary Louise Kelly 2023

3.85

12k+ ratings

🏢 Working Motherhood 👶 Motherhood Memoir 🎤 War Correspondence

Born on a Blue Day

by Daniel Tammet • 2006

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

3.85

24k+

🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception

Born on a Blue Day 90%

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

by Daniel Tammet 2006

3.85

24k+ ratings

🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception

Traveling Mercies

by Anne Lamott • 1999

Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.

4.14

49k+

✝️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Messy Spirituality 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery

Traveling Mercies 90%

Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.

by Anne Lamott 1999

4.14

49k+ ratings

✝️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Messy Spirituality 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery

Lucky Man

by Michael J. Fox • 2002

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

4.08

29k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs

Lucky Man 90%

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

by Michael J. Fox 2002

4.08

29k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs

The Out-of-Sync Child

by Carol Stock Kranowitz • 1998

The hidden senses that make a child's world chaotic. A guide to recognizing and calming them.

4.18

6k+

🧠 Sensory Processing 👻 Invisible Disabilities 🧰 Occupational Therapy

The Out-of-Sync Child 90%

The hidden senses that make a child's world chaotic. A guide to recognizing and calming them.

by Carol Stock Kranowitz 1998

4.18

6k+ ratings

🧠 Sensory Processing 👻 Invisible Disabilities 🧰 Occupational Therapy

The Blink of an Eye

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

4.09

467

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation

The Blink of an Eye 90%

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018

4.09

467 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation

What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic

by Annie Kotowicz • 2022

What small sounds, meltdowns, and pattern obsession reveal about the logic of an autistic mind.

4.34

2k+

🧩 Autism Memoir 🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm 🔊 Sensory Processing

What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic Summary

What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic 90%

What small sounds, meltdowns, and pattern obsession reveal about the logic of an autistic mind.

by Annie Kotowicz 2022

4.34

2k+ ratings

🧩 Autism Memoir 🧠 Neurodiversity Paradigm 🔊 Sensory Processing

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle • 2020

She had the husband, the kids, the faith. Then she fell in love with a woman.

3.97

519k+

🫀 Emotional Courage 🔨 Deconstructing Norms 🧒 Inner Child Work

Untamed 90%

She had the husband, the kids, the faith. Then she fell in love with a woman.

by Glennon Doyle 2020

3.97

519k+ ratings

🫀 Emotional Courage 🔨 Deconstructing Norms 🧒 Inner Child Work

Be Different

by John Elder Robison • 2011

How to turn autistic traits into professional and personal strengths, from someone who lived it.

3.97

3k+

🌈 Neurodiversity 📖 Autism Memoirs 🗣️ Social Skills

Be Different 90%

How to turn autistic traits into professional and personal strengths, from someone who lived it.

by John Elder Robison 2011

3.97

3k+ ratings

🌈 Neurodiversity 📖 Autism Memoirs 🗣️ Social Skills

Little Earthquakes

by Sarah Mandel • 2023

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

4.17

500

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Little Earthquakes 90%

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

by Sarah Mandel 2023

4.17

500 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery

My Sisters the Saints

by Colleen Carroll Campbell • 2012

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

4.35

4k+

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints

My Sisters the Saints 90%

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012

4.35

4k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints

Bits and Pieces

by Whoopi Goldberg • 2024

Her mother lost her memory. Then she taught Whoopi Goldberg everything that mattered.

4.28

17k+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 💕 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏙️ Working Class Roots

Bits and Pieces 90%

Her mother lost her memory. Then she taught Whoopi Goldberg everything that mattered.

by Whoopi Goldberg 2024

4.28

17k+ ratings

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 💕 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏙️ Working Class Roots

The Memory Palace

by Mira Bartok • 2011

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

3.55

8k+

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity

The Memory Palace 90%

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

by Mira Bartok 2011

3.55

8k+ ratings

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity

All You Can Ever Know

by Nicole Chung • 2018

She found her birth parents. The truth she wanted was never a single story.

3.85

27k+

🧒 Transracial Adoption 🤝 Adoption Reunion 🪞 Adoptee Identity

All You Can Ever Know 90%

She found her birth parents. The truth she wanted was never a single story.

by Nicole Chung 2018

3.85

27k+ ratings

🧒 Transracial Adoption 🤝 Adoption Reunion 🪞 Adoptee Identity

Showing Up for Life

by Bill Gates Sr. • 2009

Father, lawyer, philanthropist: quiet principles that built a life of meaning across nine decades.

3.75

1k+

🧭 Values-Based Living 👴 Elder Wisdom 🤲 Philanthropic Giving

Showing Up for Life 90%

Father, lawyer, philanthropist: quiet principles that built a life of meaning across nine decades.

by Bill Gates Sr. 2009

3.75

1k+ ratings

🧭 Values-Based Living 👴 Elder Wisdom 🤲 Philanthropic Giving

Life Without Limits

by Nick Vujicic • 2007

No arms. No legs. His rules for a life that laughs, loves, and fights back.

4.11

9k+

😇 Christian Living 📖 Inspirational Memoir ♿ Overcoming Disability

Life Without Limits 90%

No arms. No legs. His rules for a life that laughs, loves, and fights back.

by Nick Vujicic 2007

4.11

9k+ ratings

😇 Christian Living 📖 Inspirational Memoir ♿ Overcoming Disability

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder

by Sarah Kurchak • 2020

She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.

4.16

1k+

🎭 Autistic Masking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 🎯 Special Interests

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder Summary

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder 90%

She 'overcame' her autism to earn praise, then broke under the weight of the act.

by Sarah Kurchak 2020

4.16

1k+ ratings

🎭 Autistic Masking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 🎯 Special Interests

The PDA Paradox

by Harry Thompson • 2019

He failed school, lost jobs, drank to cope. The missing piece: a rare autism profile, PDA.

3.76

414

🧩 Autism Memoirs 📅 Late-Diagnosed Autism 🎭 Autistic Masking

The PDA Paradox 90%

He failed school, lost jobs, drank to cope. The missing piece: a rare autism profile, PDA.

by Harry Thompson 2019

3.76

414 ratings

🧩 Autism Memoirs 📅 Late-Diagnosed Autism 🎭 Autistic Masking

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

by Amy Chua • 2011

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

3.67

54k+

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother 90%

Straight As, zero sleepovers, hours of daily music. The daughters excelled, then one rebelled.

by Amy Chua 2011

3.67

54k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Parenting 🧱 Authoritarian Parenting 🧨 Cultural Clash

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me

by Ian Morgan Cron • 2011

His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.

4.08

3k+

🍷 Alcoholic Parent 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me Summary

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me 90%

His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.

by Ian Morgan Cron 2011

4.08

3k+ ratings

🍷 Alcoholic Parent 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma

Nearly Departed

by Gila Pfeffer • 2024

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

4.40

360

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness

Nearly Departed 90%

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

by Gila Pfeffer 2024

4.40

360 ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness

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