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12 books with a reading profile close to The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende. Clear-cut; an easy read.

  1. 1 C.S. Lewis letters to children

    C.S. Lewis letters to children

    by C.S. Lewis

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    This collection gathers the private correspondence C.S.

  2. 2 I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

    I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

    by Caitlin Alifirenka

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Caitlin Alifirenka, a middle-school student in Pennsylvania, chooses Zimbabwe for a pen pal assignment.

  3. 3 We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

    We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

    by Simu Liu

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In this memoir, Simu Liu recounts his family’s move from Harbin, China, to Ontario, Canada.

  4. 4 Joni: An Unforgettable Story

    Joni: An Unforgettable Story

    by Joni Eareckson Tada

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    After a diving accident in the Chesapeake Bay leaves seventeen-year-old Joni Eareckson a quadriplegic, she faces the sudden loss of her physical autonomy.

  5. 5 Ghost Boy: My Miraculous Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body

    Ghost Boy: My Miraculous Escape from a Life Locked Inside My Own Body

    by Martin Pistorius

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In January 1988, twelve-year-old Martin Pistorius fell ill with an undiagnosed brain infection that left him in a vegetative state.

  6. 6 My Life on the Road

    My Life on the Road

    by Gloria Steinem

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Gloria Steinem details her decades spent traveling as an organizer and speaker, tracing her life from a childhood in a house trailer to her work in global social activism.

  7. 7 Lucky Man

    Lucky Man

    by Michael J. Fox

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In 1991, Michael J.

  8. 8 Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

    Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

    by Todd Burpo

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Four-year-old Colton Burpo underwent an emergency appendectomy that nearly took his life.

  9. 9 Letter to My Daughter

    Letter to My Daughter

    by Maya Angelou

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    Maya Angelou addresses this collection of twenty-eight short essays to the symbolic daughter she never had, sharing personal anecdotes from her life in Arkansas, St.

  10. 10 Be Ready When the Luck Happens

    Be Ready When the Luck Happens

    by Ina Garten

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In this memoir, Ina Garten traces her path from a restrictive childhood to her role as a nuclear budget analyst in the Ford and Carter administrations before pivoting to culinary entrepreneurship.

  11. 11 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

    90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

    by Don Piper

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    In 1989, a semi-truck crushed Don Piper’s car, leading medical professionals to pronounce him dead at the scene.

  12. 12 Kisses from Katie

    Kisses from Katie

    by Katie Davis Majors

    Also clear-cut · memoir, inspirational

    At age eighteen, Katie Davis left her comfortable life in Tennessee to serve as a teacher in Jinja, Uganda.

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