Books like When Stars Are Scattered
12 books with a reading profile close to When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small #8)
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
James Herriot returns to his veterinary practice in the Yorkshire Dales following his service in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
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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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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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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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Yes Please
by Amy Poehler
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Amy Poehler details her path from her early days at Chicago’s Second City to her years on Saturday Night Live and the set of Parks and Recreation.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Taste: My Life Through Food
Also clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Stanley Tucci chronicles his life through the lens of specific meals, beginning with his childhood in an Italian-American household in Westchester, New York.
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