5 New Memoirs That Deserve a Spot on Your Bookshelf

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12 May 2023

Memoirs have the power to inspire, educate, and entertain readers by sharing personal stories and experiences. If you’re on the hunt for your next great read, look no further! We’ve compiled a list of must-read memoirs that have just hit the shelves.

True Stories of an Urban Shaman: Living Between Worlds

by Sufani Weisman-Garza

Release Date: February 13, 2023

We first come to do healing, because we need healing. I know in my life; I realized that I needed to give it away in order to keep it. My life’s journey has been seeking to find the meaning of life, God, suffering and pain, joy, adventure and connection. As a “Seer” I share the journey, healing myself and clients, and the magical lessons I learned!

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The Unlikely Village of Eden

by Emma Nadler

Release Date: May 9, 2023

A profoundly thought-provoking, funny, and hopeful memoir about adapting when life doesn’t go to plan, redefining family, and creating your own path.

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The Gift of Ben: Loving through Imperfection

by Lindsey Rogers-Seitz

Release Date: May 2, 2023

On a hot, New England summer day in 2014, tragedy befell author Lindsey Rogers-Seitz and her family when her husband inadvertently left their fifteen-month-old son, Benjamin, in the back seat of their car all day where he then passed away from the heat. With raw emotion and grit, Lindsey chronicles the aftermath of her son’s death in this debut memoir as she and her husband explore the intricacies of unimaginable pain, love, and the challenges of forgiveness on the other side of broken.

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Oh My Mother!

by Connie Wang

Release Date: May 9, 2023

In each essay of this hilarious, heartfelt, and pitch-perfectly honest memoir, journalist Connie Wang explores her complicated relationship to her stubborn and charismatic mother, Qing Li, through the “oh my god” moments in their travels together. From attending a Magic Mike strip show in Vegas to experimenting with edibles in Amsterdam to flip-flopping through Versailles, this iconic mother-daughter duo venture into the world to find their place in it, and sometimes rail against it—as well as against each other.

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There’s a Cure for This

by Emma Espiner

Release Date: May 9, 2023

Clear, irreverent and beautiful, this book offers a candid and moving examination of what it means to be human when it seems like nothing less than superhuman will do.

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