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Indigo by Catherine E. McKinley

In search of the colour that seduced the world...

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Beautiful Wreck by Stephanie Schroeder

Sex, lies and suicide in New York City...

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The Crocodile By The Door by Selina Guinness

A house, a farm and a family...

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My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding

The warm and charming memoir from the BBC presenter...

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Coal to Diamonds by Beth Ditto with Michelle Tea

Gossip's frontwoman on feminism, music and more...

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Country Girl: A Memoir by Edna O’Brien

From her Irish childhood to swinging 60s London...

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Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn

A story of growing up and trying to be a popstar...

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On Writing by A.L. Kennedy

Essays, anecdotes and 'ill-fated gannet rescue attempts'...

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The Sweetness of Life by Françoise Héritier

Love letters to life-enriching small events...

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When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Córdova

A story of 1970s lesbian feminism in L.A. from the renowned author and activist...

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Harley Loco by Rayya Elias

The memoir beloved by Debbie Harry, Elizabeth Gilbert and others...

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Running Like A Girl by Alexandra Heminsley

The candid running journal of challenges, advice and much more...

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O My America! Second Acts in a New World by Sara Wheeler

“I was approaching fifty – that treacherous female age,” travel writer Sara Wheeler recalls, when she decided it was time for something a bit different. Her previous seven books had mostly highlighted...

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In the Body of the World by Eve Ensler

[TW: rape] Eve Ensler’s latest book, In the Body of the World, will make you laugh and cry and rage all within the space of one paragraph. Eve Ensler shot to world wide prominence with the publication...

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I Can Barely Take Care of Myself by Jen Kirkman

In I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From A Happy Life Without Kids, American comedienne Jen Kirkman recounts her seemingly endless battle to remain child-free in a United States where, it...

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The Liberty Tree by Suzanne Harrington

[TW: Suicide] Memoirs can be a difficult read, can’t they? Being invited into someone’s private world to snoop around their innermost feelings is as punishing as it is pleasing. However, most...

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Night Terrors by Ashley Cardiff

The managing editor of The Gloss bares all in her first book, but it's not just tales of Cardiff's teenage embarrassment that will make you cringe. Californian born Ashley Cardiff – best known as...

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The Vogue Factor by Kirstie Clements

A fascinating insight into the glamour and brutality of fashion, an industry known for its closed ranks.Following the publication of this memoir Kirstie Clements, the former Editor of Australian Vogue,...

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Alone in Antarctica by Felicity Aston

Explorer Wonder Woman extraordinaire Felicity Aston tells her story of being the first woman to cross Antarctica unassisted. Prepare to be awed. Felicity Aston; travel writer, mentor, Antarctic...

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IT by Alexa Chung

Not strictly a memoir, IT gives readers more insight into its writer, it girl du jour, Alexa Chung’s current interests than her past. Given that Chung is 29 and venerated more for her personal style...

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