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Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
Amber Scorah
★★★★· Published 2019· 287 pages· read 2019
A Jehovah's Witness missionary in China slowly loses her faith — and her entire world. A gripping memoir about what it costs to leave.
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The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Kevin Roose
A Brown student spends a semester undercover at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University and comes away with real empathy. Curious and open-hearted, not smug — I loved that about it.
What Does It Feel Like?
Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella wrote this after her own brain tumor diagnosis, about a novelist facing the same. Slim and quietly moving.
★ 5The Tender Bar: A Memoir
J.R. Moehringer
Moehringer grew up fatherless, raised in part by the men at his uncle's bar. A warm, beautifully written memoir about the people who make you.