Books like Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small #8)
12 books with a reading profile close to Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small #8) by James Herriot. Contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
When Stars Are Scattered
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
This graphic novel follows the daily life of Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya.
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2
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
Also contemplative and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Jennifer Worth recounts her experiences as a district nurse and midwife in London’s East End during the 1950s.
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3
Falling Leaves
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Adeline Yen Mah chronicles her childhood as an unwanted daughter in a wealthy Chinese family during the transition from Japanese occupation to Communist rule.
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4
Raising Hare: A Memoir
by Chloe Dalton
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
During a period of isolation in the British countryside, Chloe Dalton discovered an orphaned leveret and began a meticulous process of hand-rearing the wild creature.
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5
A Girl Named Zippy
by Haven Kimmel
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Haven Kimmel recounts her childhood in Mooreland, Indiana, a town of three hundred people during the 1960s and 70s.
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6
The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
by Kelly Bishop
Also contemplative and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Kelly Bishop traces her path from a young dancer in the New York City ballet scene to her Broadway success in the original cast of A Chorus Line.
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7
Escape
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Carolyn Jessop details her life within the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and her eventual flight from the polygamous sect.
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The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story
by Hyeonseo Lee
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Hyeonseo Lee grew up in Hyesan, believing her country was the finest on earth until the famine of the 1990s revealed the systemic starvation and brutality of the North Korean regime.
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9
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
David Sedaris organizes this collection around his move from New York to Normandy and the resulting linguistic displacement.
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10
My Life in France
by Julia Child
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
After moving to post-war Paris in 1948 with her husband Paul, Julia Child discovers a lifelong vocation in French cuisine.
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11
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
by Leah Remini
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Leah Remini details her thirty-year history within the Church of Scientology, beginning with her childhood move to the Sea Org in Clearwater, Florida.
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Geisha, a Life
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Mineko Iwasaki provides a factual account of her career as a geiko in Kyoto’s Gion district, a role that required mastery of classical Japanese dance and rigorous social etiquette.
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