Books like A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
12 books with a reading profile close to A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.
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Lucky
by Alice Sebold
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
In 1981, as a freshman at Syracuse University, Alice Sebold was raped and beaten in a public park.
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Small Fry: A Memoir
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Lisa Brennan-Jobs details her upbringing as the daughter of Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs.
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My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
by Kabi Nagata
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Kabi Nagata’s autobiographical manga tracks her struggle with clinical depression, anxiety, and eating disorders throughout her twenties.
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Look Me in the Eye
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
John Elder Robison details his life growing up with undiagnosed Asperger’s syndrome in a volatile household.
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Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Marya Hornbacher chronicles her fifteen-year struggle with severe eating disorders, detailing the physiological and psychological mechanics of anorexia and bulimia.
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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Portia de Rossi chronicles her descent into anorexia and bulimia while starring on the television show Ally McBeal.
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Prozac Nation
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Elizabeth Wurtzel chronicles her decades-long struggle with atypical depression, beginning with her childhood in a fractured household and continuing through her chaotic years at Harvard.
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My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Derf Backderf chronicles his high school years in Ohio alongside Jeffrey Dahmer, who would later become a notorious serial killer.
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Sybil
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Flora Rheta Schreiber documents the psychiatric case of Shirley Ardell Mason, referred to by the pseudonym Sybil Dorsett.
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In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
by Amy Bloom
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
After Amy Bloom’s husband, Brian Ameche, receives a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, he decides to end his life on his own terms before the illness erases his identity.
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What My Bones Know
Also inward-looking and contemplative · memoir, narrative
Stephanie Foo chronicles her transition from a high-functioning radio producer to a patient diagnosed with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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