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Episode 8: Biography and memoir

EPISODE · Sep 13, 2020 · 27 MIN

Episode 8: Biography and memoir

from Recently Returned · host Wyndham City Libraries

We dive deeply into biography and memoir in this episode as Kirsty is joined by librarians Paulina and Riki to discuss and recommend some heartbreaking and hilarious works of non-fiction. Books discussed: 100 Years of Dirt / Rick Morton I Want You to Know We’re Still Here / Esther Safran Foer Talking as Fast as I Can / Lauren Graham The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory / Corey White Your Kind of Girl / Clare Bowditch Educated/ Tara Westover Visit the library website for a complete list of books mentioned, and the episode transcript.

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