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Books like The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

12 books with a reading profile close to The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing by Lara Love Hardin. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.

1

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

In 2008, freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout and photographer Nigel Brennan were kidnapped by teenage militants while traveling near Mogadishu, Somalia.
2

Pageboy

by Elliot Page

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

In this memoir, Elliot Page recounts his transition from a closeted actor in the public eye to a man living authentically.
3

Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

by Rob Sheffield

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Rob Sheffield uses fifteen physical mix tapes to structure the story of his marriage to Renée Crist, a fellow music critic who died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism at age thirty-one.
4

Lab Girl

by Hope Jahren

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Hope Jahren maps her life as a geobiologist through the developmental cycles of trees, seeds, and soil.
5

Gender Queer: A Memoir

by Maia Kobabe

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir chronicles the internal process of identifying as nonbinary and asexual.
6

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed faced the collapse of her world following her mother’s sudden death from cancer and the subsequent disintegration of her marriage.
7

The Woman in Me

by Britney Spears

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Britney Spears details her transition from a child performer in Kentwood, Louisiana, to a global pop music fixture under constant tabloid surveillance.
8

Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

by Elizabeth Gilbert

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

After the events of Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert finds herself in a serious relationship with Felipe, an older Brazilian man.
9

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

by Matthew Perry

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Matthew Perry details the arc of his life from his childhood in Canada to his global recognition as Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends.
10

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

by Suleika Jaouad

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

At age twenty-two, Suleika Jaouad received a diagnosis of leukemia with a thirty-five percent chance of survival.
11

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

by Ann Patchett

Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, memoir

Ann Patchett organizes this collection of essays around the tethering forces of commitment and steady work.
12

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

by David Sheff

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

David Sheff chronicles the years he spent navigating his son Nic’s addiction to methamphetamine and various other drugs.

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