Books like She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
12 books with a reading profile close to She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Born to Run
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Bruce Springsteen traces his trajectory from a restless childhood in Freehold, New Jersey, to his induction into rock and roll stardom.
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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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Raising Hare: A Memoir
by Chloe Dalton
Also inward-looking and 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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A Girl Named Zippy
by Haven Kimmel
Also inward-looking and 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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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
Also 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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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Stephanie Land documents her years spent cleaning private homes across the Pacific Northwest while raising her young daughter as a single parent.
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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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Falling Leaves
Also inward-looking and 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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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Adeline Yen Mah provides a detailed account of her childhood in 1940s China, where she was labeled as bad luck following her mother’s death during childbirth.
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The Rules Do Not Apply
by Ariel Levy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Ariel Levy recounts her pursuit of a conventional feminist success story—career prestige at The New Yorker, a stable marriage, and financial independence—only to face a sudden sequence of catastrophic losses.
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Acid for the Children
by Flea
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Flea bypasses the typical rock star trajectory to document his childhood and adolescence before the Red Hot Chili Peppers formed.
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