Memoirs and True Stories by Non-Celebrities

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Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 33,673 ratings
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Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves 4.21 avg rating — 25,555 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,714 ratings
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Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love
Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love 4.21 avg rating — 889 ratings
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Path Was Steep, The: A Memoir of Appalachian Coal Camps During the Great Depression
Path Was Steep, The: A Memoir of Appalachian Coal Camps During the Great Depression 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings
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I Saw It: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, a Survivor's True Story
I Saw It: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, a Survivor's True Story 4.36 avg rating — 171 ratings
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos 4.07 avg rating — 9,478 ratings
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Half Broke Horses
Half Broke Horses 4.09 avg rating — 171,101 ratings
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive 3.86 avg rating — 109,542 ratings
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Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,773,174 ratings
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Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,876 ratings
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Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man: The Remarkable True Story of the Musician Who Set Out to Change Lives, Note by Note
Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man: The Remarkable True Story of the Musician Who Set Out to Change Lives, Note by Note 3.42 avg rating — 109 ratings
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,731 ratings
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,847 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,531 ratings
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Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating — 400,436 ratings
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,425 ratings
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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea 4.34 avg rating — 14,448 ratings
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A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties 3.85 avg rating — 4,069 ratings
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Now You See the Sky
Now You See the Sky 4.32 avg rating — 87 ratings
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If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie 3.89 avg rating — 3,153 ratings
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Carrying the Tiger: Living with Cancer, Dying with Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving
Carrying the Tiger: Living with Cancer, Dying with Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving 4.23 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness
The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness
by: Ken Smith
4.21 avg rating — 2,190 ratings
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Summer of Deliverance : A Memoir of Father and Son
Summer of Deliverance : A Memoir of Father and Son 4.03 avg rating — 145 ratings
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Know My Name
Know My Name 4.69 avg rating — 243,513 ratings
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Lab Girl
Lab Girl 3.98 avg rating — 70,903 ratings
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Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi
Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi 3.80 avg rating — 503 ratings
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Autobiography of a Face
Autobiography of a Face 3.97 avg rating — 29,612 ratings
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Find a Way: One Untamed and Courageous Life
Find a Way: One Untamed and Courageous Life 4.19 avg rating — 2,882 ratings
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Heart in the Right Place
Heart in the Right Place 3.90 avg rating — 3,293 ratings
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Lost & Found: A Memoir
Lost & Found: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 8,663 ratings
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Searching for Solid Ground: A Memoir
Searching for Solid Ground: A Memoir 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks
Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks 4.14 avg rating — 1,573 ratings
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Uncultured: A Memoir
Uncultured: A Memoir 4.14 avg rating — 14,285 ratings
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Notes from a Young Black Chef
Notes from a Young Black Chef 4.03 avg rating — 11,709 ratings
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race 3.96 avg rating — 112,019 ratings
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This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew
This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew 3.79 avg rating — 1,523 ratings
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Look Me in the Eye
Look Me in the Eye 3.92 avg rating — 69,103 ratings
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice 4.44 avg rating — 104,285 ratings
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A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back 3.95 avg rating — 13,681 ratings
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea 4.28 avg rating — 60,942 ratings
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Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution
Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution 4.40 avg rating — 823 ratings
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The Silent Stars Go By: A True Christmas Story
The Silent Stars Go By: A True Christmas Story 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings
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All The Young Men
All The Young Men 4.49 avg rating — 8,706 ratings
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My True Story
My True Story 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails
The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails 4.32 avg rating — 4,412 ratings
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Prepared for a Purpose: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege
Prepared for a Purpose: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege 4.19 avg rating — 299 ratings
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We Bought a Zoo
We Bought a Zoo 3.54 avg rating — 8,013 ratings
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Backcountry Lawman: True Stories from a Florida Game Warden
Backcountry Lawman: True Stories from a Florida Game Warden 4.03 avg rating — 173 ratings
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,536 ratings
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The Emancipation of Robert Sadler: The Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation Slave
The Emancipation of Robert Sadler: The Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation Slave 4.32 avg rating — 432 ratings
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Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,511 ratings
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Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence, A True Story in Black and White
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence, A True Story in Black and White 4.03 avg rating — 3,007 ratings
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Democrazy: A True Story of Weird Politics, Money, Madness, and Finger Food
Democrazy: A True Story of Weird Politics, Money, Madness, and Finger Food 3.69 avg rating — 67 ratings
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The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan 3.48 avg rating — 7,029 ratings
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Journeyman: An Autobiography
Journeyman: An Autobiography 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Steve Morse-open Ears - Biography
Steve Morse-open Ears - Biography really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Blind Side
The Blind Side 4.17 avg rating — 99,774 ratings
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My Life with Sea Turtles: A Marine Biologist’s Quest to Protect One of the Most Ancient Animals on Earth
My Life with Sea Turtles: A Marine Biologist’s Quest to Protect One of the Most Ancient Animals on Earth 4.32 avg rating — 303 ratings
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Stolen: A Memoir
Stolen: A Memoir 3.93 avg rating — 3,550 ratings
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Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop
Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop 4.02 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Child of the Woods: An Appalachian Odyssey
Child of the Woods: An Appalachian Odyssey 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Yellow House
The Yellow House 3.89 avg rating — 25,004 ratings
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On Nobody Famous: Guesting, Gossiping, Gallivanting
On Nobody Famous: Guesting, Gossiping, Gallivanting 3.90 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story 4.43 avg rating — 98,752 ratings
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Trauma Can Kiss My Ass: A Poetic Memoir
Trauma Can Kiss My Ass: A Poetic Memoir 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Sound of Gravel
The Sound of Gravel 4.30 avg rating — 59,146 ratings
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A Vaquero of the Brush Country: The Life and Times of John D. Young
A Vaquero of the Brush Country: The Life and Times of John D. Young 3.93 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating — 45,380 ratings
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The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape 4.14 avg rating — 15,153 ratings
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Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir 4.25 avg rating — 22,442 ratings
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Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing 3.94 avg rating — 887 ratings
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My Side of the River
My Side of the River 3.76 avg rating — 5,311 ratings
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Late Bloomer: How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life
Late Bloomer: How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life 4.13 avg rating — 815 ratings
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Sociopath
Sociopath 3.76 avg rating — 79,451 ratings
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An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country
An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country 3.78 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes
Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes 4.03 avg rating — 886 ratings
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My Life in Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection (Super Late Bloomer, #2)
My Life in Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection (Super Late Bloomer, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 767 ratings
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You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist
You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist 3.33 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
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Untamed
Untamed 3.98 avg rating — 498,794 ratings
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Wildlife Wars: The Life and Times of a Fish and Game Warden
Wildlife Wars: The Life and Times of a Fish and Game Warden 4.03 avg rating — 377 ratings
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Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black 3.72 avg rating — 204,770 ratings
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Breathe: A Life in Flow
Breathe: A Life in Flow 4.34 avg rating — 5,463 ratings
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Rich Harvest: A Life in the Garden
Rich Harvest: A Life in the Garden it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Worst Day of My Life So Far: My Mother, Alzheimer's and Me
The Worst Day of My Life So Far: My Mother, Alzheimer's and Me 3.35 avg rating — 1,296 ratings
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A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming Ranch Family
A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming Ranch Family 4.48 avg rating — 321 ratings
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Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America 3.94 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist
Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist 3.65 avg rating — 468 ratings
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This Part Is Silent: A Life Between Cultures
This Part Is Silent: A Life Between Cultures
by: S.J. Kim
3.48 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Impermanence: Life and Loss on Superior's South Shore
Impermanence: Life and Loss on Superior's South Shore
by: Sue Leaf
4.26 avg rating — 62 ratings
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My Life in Paper: Adventures in Ephemera
My Life in Paper: Adventures in Ephemera 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
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My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better
My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better 3.94 avg rating — 716 ratings
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This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
by: Lyz Lenz
3.96 avg rating — 4,893 ratings
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My Life Is Art: 11 Pillars for a Positive and Purposeful Life
My Life Is Art: 11 Pillars for a Positive and Purposeful Life 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
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But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life 4.20 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
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The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty
The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty 3.61 avg rating — 427 ratings
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Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey
Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey 3.79 avg rating — 7,232 ratings
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OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center
OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center 3.86 avg rating — 275 ratings
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Surf When You Can: Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy Captain
Surf When You Can: Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy Captain 4.35 avg rating — 839 ratings
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My Home Team: A Sportswriter's Life and the Redemptive Power of Small-Town Girls Basketball
My Home Team: A Sportswriter's Life and the Redemptive Power of Small-Town Girls Basketball 4.13 avg rating — 211 ratings
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