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🇰🇷 Korean Memoir

Personal narratives rooted in Korean experience, from wartime survival and immigration to navigating identity in a rapidly changing society.
Without You, There Is No Us
by Suki Kim • 2014
Her Pyongyang classroom held regime sons, constant surveillance, and a secret: she was a journalist.
3.93
22k+
🗾 North Korea🏛️ Totalitarian Regimes🕵️ Undercover Journalism
Without You, There Is No Us Summary
Without You, There Is No Us 91%
Her Pyongyang classroom held regime sons, constant surveillance, and a secret: she was a journalist.
by Suki Kim 2014
3.93
22k+ ratings
🗾 North Korea🏛️ Totalitarian Regimes🕵️ Undercover Journalism
In Order to Live
by Yeonmi Park • 2015
Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.
4.48
107k+
🏃 North Korean Defectors🔗 Human Trafficking🚫 Life Under Dictatorship
In Order to Live Summary
In Order to Live 91%
Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.
by Yeonmi Park 2015
4.48
107k+ ratings
🏃 North Korean Defectors🔗 Human Trafficking🚫 Life Under Dictatorship
Not Forgotten
by Kenneth Bae • 2016
North Korea sentences a missionary to 15 years hard labor. His jailers become his congregation.
4.13
1k+
🏕️ North Korean Labor Camps📖 Missionary Memoirs✝️ Faith Under Persecution
Not Forgotten Summary
Not Forgotten 91%
North Korea sentences a missionary to 15 years hard labor. His jailers become his congregation.
by Kenneth Bae 2016
4.13
1k+ ratings
🏕️ North Korean Labor Camps📖 Missionary Memoirs✝️ Faith Under Persecution
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2
by Baek Se-hee • 2020
A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.
3.63
8k+
🛋️ Therapy Transcripts🧠 Cognitive Distortions💗 Self-Acceptance
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 Summary
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 91%
A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.
by Baek Se-hee 2020
3.63
8k+ ratings
🛋️ Therapy Transcripts🧠 Cognitive Distortions💗 Self-Acceptance
Docile
by Hyeseung Song • 2024
Top of her class, then Princeton, then a locked psych ward. The way out was paint.
3.97
858
🇰🇷 Korean American Identity🏠 Immigrant Family Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir
Docile Summary
Docile 90%
Top of her class, then Princeton, then a locked psych ward. The way out was paint.
by Hyeseung Song 2024
3.97
858 ratings
🇰🇷 Korean American Identity🏠 Immigrant Family Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir
Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner • 2021
A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.
4.23
614k+
🍜 Food Memoir🪦 Grief Memoir🧳 Immigrant Family
Crying in H Mart Summary
Crying in H Mart 90%
A Korean-American musician grieves her mother one supermarket aisle at a time.
by Michelle Zauner 2021
4.23
614k+ ratings
🍜 Food Memoir🪦 Grief Memoir🧳 Immigrant Family
Nothing to Envy
by Barbara Demick • 2009
Smuggled DVDs, a hidden famine, and six North Koreans who discovered their entire country was a lie.
4.46
101k+
🎭 North Korean Society🚫 Totalitarian Regimes🏃 Defector Testimonies
Nothing to Envy Summary
Nothing to Envy 90%
Smuggled DVDs, a hidden famine, and six North Koreans who discovered their entire country was a lie.
by Barbara Demick 2009
4.46
101k+ ratings
🎭 North Korean Society🚫 Totalitarian Regimes🏃 Defector Testimonies
Beyond The Story
by Myeongseok Kang • 2023
Seven trainees, a near-bankrupt label, and the improbable decade that made them a global phenomenon.
4.62
12k+
🎤 K-Pop🎵 Boy Bands👥 Fandom Culture
Beyond The Story Summary
Beyond The Story 90%
Seven trainees, a near-bankrupt label, and the improbable decade that made them a global phenomenon.
by Myeongseok Kang 2023
4.62
12k+ ratings
🎤 K-Pop🎵 Boy Bands👥 Fandom Culture
You'll Never Believe Me
by Kari Ferrell • 2025
How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.
3.34
3k+
🧸 Adoption Trauma🔍 True Crime Memoir🎭 Deception And Fraud
You'll Never Believe Me Summary
You'll Never Believe Me 90%
How does a Korean adoptee raised Mormon become a viral grifter? The answer took a decade.
by Kari Ferrell 2025
3.34
3k+ ratings
🧸 Adoption Trauma🔍 True Crime Memoir🎭 Deception And Fraud
Eat a Peach
by David Chang • 2020
A chef bets everything on a doomed noodle bar. It thrives; his mind unravels.
3.88
28k+
🍜 Chef Memoir🍽️ Restaurant Industry🧠 Bipolar Disorder
Eat a Peach Summary
Eat a Peach 89%
A chef bets everything on a doomed noodle bar. It thrives; his mind unravels.
by David Chang 2020
3.88
28k+ ratings
🍜 Chef Memoir🍽️ Restaurant Industry🧠 Bipolar Disorder
The Latehomecomer
by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008
A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.
4.18
9k+
🏞️ Hmong Diaspora🌏 Refugee Narratives🕰️ Intergenerational Memory
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer 89%
A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.
by Kao Kalia Yang 2008
4.18
9k+ ratings
🏞️ Hmong Diaspora🌏 Refugee Narratives🕰️ Intergenerational Memory
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 Summary
All You Can Ever Know 89%
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
Never Stop Walking
by Christina Rickardsson • 2016
Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.
3.98
10k+
🧳 Transnational Adoption🏚️ Street Survival💔 Childhood Trauma
Never Stop Walking Summary
Never Stop Walking 89%
Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.
by Christina Rickardsson 2016
3.98
10k+ ratings
🧳 Transnational Adoption🏚️ Street Survival💔 Childhood Trauma
My Invented Country
by Isabel Allende • 2003
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
3.89
13k+
🏞️ Travel Memoir🛅 Exile Memoir🇨🇱 Chilean Culture
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country 89%
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
by Isabel Allende 2003
3.89
13k+ ratings
🏞️ Travel Memoir🛅 Exile Memoir🇨🇱 Chilean Culture
Red Scarf Girl
by Ji-li Jiang • 1997
A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.
3.80
18k+
🇨🇳 Chinese History🏮 Cultural Revolution🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir
Red Scarf Girl Summary
Red Scarf Girl 89%
A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.
by Ji-li Jiang 1997
3.80
18k+ ratings
🇨🇳 Chinese History🏮 Cultural Revolution🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir
Chinese Cinderella
by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999
Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.
4.08
42k+
🏮 Chinese Family💔 Childhood Abuse🥀 Emotional Neglect
Chinese Cinderella Summary
Chinese Cinderella 89%
Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.
by Adeline Yen Mah 1999
4.08
42k+ ratings
🏮 Chinese Family💔 Childhood Abuse🥀 Emotional Neglect
We Were Dreamers
by Simu Liu • 2022
Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.
4.33
31k+
🛬 Immigrant Memoir🎬 Actor Memoir🎯 Parental Expectations
We Were Dreamers Summary
We Were Dreamers 89%
Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.
by Simu Liu 2022
4.33
31k+ ratings
🛬 Immigrant Memoir🎬 Actor Memoir🎯 Parental Expectations
Made in China
by Anna Qu • 2021
At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.
3.85
3k+
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
Made in China Summary
Made in China 89%
At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.
by Anna Qu 2021
3.85
3k+ ratings
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
by Baek Se-hee • 2018
She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.
3.21
104k+
🛋️ Therapy Memoirs🌧️ Depression Recovery🔍 Cognitive Distortions
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki Summary
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki 89%
She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.
by Baek Se-hee 2018
3.21
104k+ ratings
🛋️ Therapy Memoirs🌧️ Depression Recovery🔍 Cognitive Distortions
Love Language
by Linda Marigliano • 2023
She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.
3.97
677
👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families🎵 Music Memoirs🍝 Food Memoirs
Love Language Summary
Love Language 89%
She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.
by Linda Marigliano 2023
3.97
677 ratings
👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Families🎵 Music Memoirs🍝 Food Memoirs
Nisei Daughter
by Monica Itoi Sone • 1979
A Seattle girl's American childhood shatters when Pearl Harbor turns her family into the enemy.
3.90
1k+
⛩️ Japanese American History🧳 Wwii Incarceration🎭 Cultural Duality
Nisei Daughter Summary
Nisei Daughter 89%
A Seattle girl's American childhood shatters when Pearl Harbor turns her family into the enemy.
by Monica Itoi Sone 1979
3.90
1k+ ratings
⛩️ Japanese American History🧳 Wwii Incarceration🎭 Cultural Duality
House of Sticks
by Ly Tran • 2021
From a refugee camp to sweatshops to Columbia: a daughter fights to claim her own story.
4.37
5k+
🛂 Immigrant Memoir🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
House of Sticks Summary
House of Sticks 88%
From a refugee camp to sweatshops to Columbia: a daughter fights to claim her own story.
by Ly Tran 2021
4.37
5k+ ratings
🛂 Immigrant Memoir🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora🧬 Intergenerational Trauma
I Stand Corrected
by Eden Collinsworth • 2014
When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.
3.20
188
🏢 Business Etiquette🇨🇳 Modern China📖 China Memoir
I Stand Corrected Summary
I Stand Corrected 88%
When a Western etiquette expert tried to teach China about manners, China politely corrected her.
by Eden Collinsworth 2014
3.20
188 ratings
🏢 Business Etiquette🇨🇳 Modern China📖 China Memoir
First They Killed My Father
by Loung Ung • 2000
Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.
4.36
55k+
💀 Cambodian Genocide🪖 War Memoir👧 Child Survivor
First They Killed My Father Summary
First They Killed My Father 88%
Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.
by Loung Ung 2000
4.36
55k+ ratings
💀 Cambodian Genocide🪖 War Memoir👧 Child Survivor
Life and Death in Shanghai
by Nien Cheng • 1986
When Red Guards destroyed her Shanghai home, she used Mao's own words to survive prison.
4.33
14k+
🔥 Cultural Revolution👮 Totalitarian Regimes⛓️ Political Imprisonment
Life and Death in Shanghai Summary
Life and Death in Shanghai 88%
When Red Guards destroyed her Shanghai home, she used Mao's own words to survive prison.
by Nien Cheng 1986
4.33
14k+ ratings
🔥 Cultural Revolution👮 Totalitarian Regimes⛓️ Political Imprisonment
River Town
by Peter Hessler • 2001
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
4.28
14k+
🌾 Rural China📍 Memoir Of Place🗣️ Language Immersion
River Town Summary
River Town 88%
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
by Peter Hessler 2001
4.28
14k+ ratings
🌾 Rural China📍 Memoir Of Place🗣️ Language Immersion
Lipstick Jihad
by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005
A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.
3.70
5k+
🧳 Iranian Diaspora🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran🌉 Hyphenated Identities
Lipstick Jihad Summary
Lipstick Jihad 88%
A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.
by Azadeh Moaveni 2005
3.70
5k+ ratings
🧳 Iranian Diaspora🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran🌉 Hyphenated Identities
When Broken Glass Floats
by Chanrithy Him • 2000
Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.
4.18
5k+
🏴 Khmer Rouge👧 Child Survivor🗣️ Survivor Testimony
When Broken Glass Floats Summary
When Broken Glass Floats 88%
Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.
by Chanrithy Him 2000
4.18
5k+ ratings
🏴 Khmer Rouge👧 Child Survivor🗣️ Survivor Testimony
Mother Tongue
by Christine Gilbert • 2016
A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.
3.72
449
🌊 Language Immersion👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting✈️ Family Travel
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue 88%
A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.
by Christine Gilbert 2016
3.72
449 ratings
🌊 Language Immersion👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting✈️ Family Travel
Escape from Saddam
by Lewis Alsamari • 2007
He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.
4.05
270
🏴 Life Under Dictatorship🧳 Refugee Memoirs🛂 Illegal Immigration
Escape from Saddam Summary
Escape from Saddam 88%
He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.
by Lewis Alsamari 2007
4.05
270 ratings
🏴 Life Under Dictatorship🧳 Refugee Memoirs🛂 Illegal Immigration
Funny in Farsi
by Firoozeh Dumas • 2003
A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.
3.84
28k+
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora🌏 Culture Shock
Funny in Farsi Summary
Funny in Farsi 88%
A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.
by Firoozeh Dumas 2003
3.84
28k+ ratings
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora🌏 Culture Shock
Tokyo Noir
by Jake Adelstein • 2024
An American journalist in Tokyo exposes yakuza corruption, facing cancer, loss, and a Zen path.
3.90
628
🐉 Yakuza True Crime🌆 Tokyo Underworld🇰🇷 Korean Diaspora
Tokyo Noir Summary
Tokyo Noir 88%
An American journalist in Tokyo exposes yakuza corruption, facing cancer, loss, and a Zen path.
by Jake Adelstein 2024
3.90
628 ratings
🐉 Yakuza True Crime🌆 Tokyo Underworld🇰🇷 Korean Diaspora
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
by Curtis Chin • 2023
At his family's Detroit restaurant, a gay Chinese American kid learned what America won't serve.
3.83
5k+
🥡 Chinese American Experience🏠 Immigrant Families🌈 Coming Out Stories
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant Summary
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant 88%
At his family's Detroit restaurant, a gay Chinese American kid learned what America won't serve.
by Curtis Chin 2023
3.83
5k+ ratings
🥡 Chinese American Experience🏠 Immigrant Families🌈 Coming Out Stories
My Broken Language
by Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2021
A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.
4.18
4k+
🧒 Coming Of Age Memoir🌍 Multicultural Memoir🔀 Code Switching
My Broken Language Summary
My Broken Language 88%
A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.
by Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021
4.18
4k+ ratings
🧒 Coming Of Age Memoir🌍 Multicultural Memoir🔀 Code Switching
From Miniskirt to Hijab
by Jacqueline Saper • 2019
A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.
4.16
667
🏴 Iranian Revolution✡️ Jewish Diaspora✈️ Exile Memoirs
From Miniskirt to Hijab Summary
From Miniskirt to Hijab 88%
A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.
by Jacqueline Saper 2019
4.16
667 ratings
🏴 Iranian Revolution✡️ Jewish Diaspora✈️ Exile Memoirs
Q's Legacy
by Helene Hanff • 1985
A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.
4.05
2k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir📚 Book Collecting🎓 Self-Education
Q's Legacy Summary
Q's Legacy 88%
A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.
by Helene Hanff 1985
4.05
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir📚 Book Collecting🎓 Self-Education
Journey of a Thousand Miles
by Lang Lang • 2008
Tom and Jerry made him love the piano. His father almost made him hate it.
4.04
938
🎹 Classical Piano🎵 Music Memoirs🐯 Tiger Parenting
Journey of a Thousand Miles Summary
Journey of a Thousand Miles 88%
Tom and Jerry made him love the piano. His father almost made him hate it.
by Lang Lang 2008
4.04
938 ratings
🎹 Classical Piano🎵 Music Memoirs🐯 Tiger Parenting
Nowhere Girl
by Cheryl Diamond • 2021
Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.
4.04
9k+
🏚️ Dysfunctional Families🕵️ Criminal Families💔 Childhood Trauma
Nowhere Girl Summary
Nowhere Girl 88%
Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.
by Cheryl Diamond 2021
4.04
9k+ ratings
🏚️ Dysfunctional Families🕵️ Criminal Families💔 Childhood Trauma
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto • 2014
One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.
4.00
5k+
🏕️ Japanese Internment📖 Multigenerational Memoir🪖 Pow Survival
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness 88%
One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.
by Mark Sakamoto 2014
4.00
5k+ ratings
🏕️ Japanese Internment📖 Multigenerational Memoir🪖 Pow Survival
Persian Girls
by Nahid Rachlin • 2006
One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.
3.92
4k+
🧳 Iranian Diaspora🌍 Immigrant Memoirs🪞 Dual Identity
Persian Girls Summary
Persian Girls 88%
One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.
by Nahid Rachlin 2006
3.92
4k+ ratings
🧳 Iranian Diaspora🌍 Immigrant Memoirs🪞 Dual Identity
Orphan Bachelors
by Fae Myenne Ng • 2023
One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.
3.91
238
🧧 Immigration Memoir🏮 Chinese American History🔗 Intergenerational Trauma
Orphan Bachelors Summary
Orphan Bachelors 88%
One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.
by Fae Myenne Ng 2023
3.91
238 ratings
🧧 Immigration Memoir🏮 Chinese American History🔗 Intergenerational Trauma
Walking with Ghosts
by Gabriel Byrne • 2021
He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.
4.10
4k+
🎭 Actor Memoirs🇮🇪 Irish Memoir🩹 Childhood Trauma
Walking with Ghosts Summary
Walking with Ghosts 88%
He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.
by Gabriel Byrne 2021
4.10
4k+ ratings
🎭 Actor Memoirs🇮🇪 Irish Memoir🩹 Childhood Trauma
Letter From Japan
by Marie Kondō • 2025
Kyoto temples, cherry blossoms, and the quiet search for a reason to get out of bed.
4.07
1k+
⛩️ Japanese Culture🌸 Mindful Living🌅 Ikigai
Letter From Japan Summary
Letter From Japan 88%
Kyoto temples, cherry blossoms, and the quiet search for a reason to get out of bed.
by Marie Kondō 2025
4.07
1k+ ratings
⛩️ Japanese Culture🌸 Mindful Living🌅 Ikigai
The Body Papers
by Grace Talusan • 2019
Abused by her grandfather from age seven. At forty, a genetic test forced a different reckoning.
4.27
2k+
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🇵🇭 Filipino Diaspora💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse
The Body Papers Summary
The Body Papers 88%
Abused by her grandfather from age seven. At forty, a genetic test forced a different reckoning.
by Grace Talusan 2019
4.27
2k+ ratings
🧳 Immigrant Memoir🇵🇭 Filipino Diaspora💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse
You Can’t Be Serious
by Kal Penn • 2021
His first day in Hollywood, his back was on fire. His next job, he served President Obama.
4.20
10k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🌍 Immigrant Experience🧧 Asian American Identity
You Can’t Be Serious Summary
You Can’t Be Serious 88%
His first day in Hollywood, his back was on fire. His next job, he served President Obama.
by Kal Penn 2021
4.20
10k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🌍 Immigrant Experience🧧 Asian American Identity
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr • 1995
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
3.94
72k+
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club 88%
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
by Mary Karr 1995
3.94
72k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents
Becoming Kim Jong Un
by Jung H. Pak • 2020
Why Kim Jong Un won't denuclearize: a CIA officer on his ruthless survival strategy.
3.76
1k+
🔴 North Korean Politics🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes☢️ Nuclear Proliferation
Becoming Kim Jong Un Summary
Becoming Kim Jong Un 88%
Why Kim Jong Un won't denuclearize: a CIA officer on his ruthless survival strategy.
by Jung H. Pak 2020
3.76
1k+ ratings
🔴 North Korean Politics🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes☢️ Nuclear Proliferation
My Losing Season
by Pat Conroy • 2002
Revisiting his worst college basketball season, a novelist finds the writer forged in every loss.
3.91
11k+
⛹️ Sports Memoirs✍️ Literary Memoirs🏀 Basketball Writing
My Losing Season Summary
My Losing Season 88%
Revisiting his worst college basketball season, a novelist finds the writer forged in every loss.
by Pat Conroy 2002
3.91
11k+ ratings
⛹️ Sports Memoirs✍️ Literary Memoirs🏀 Basketball Writing
A Childhood
by Harry Crews • 1978
By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.
4.34
3k+
🏚️ Rural Poverty🌾 Southern Memoir🩸 Childhood Trauma
A Childhood Summary
A Childhood 88%
By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.
by Harry Crews 1978
4.34
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Rural Poverty🌾 Southern Memoir🩸 Childhood Trauma
Red Paint
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
4.12
3k+
🪶 Indigenous Memoir🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🌿 Cultural Reclamation
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint 88%
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022
4.12
3k+ ratings
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