Religious Memoirs
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Follow Up
April 24: Readathon and Independent Bookstore Day
Nonfiction in the News
Amanda Seyfried to Play Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu Series ‘The Dropout’ [Variety]
Simon & Schuster Acquires Mike Pence’s Autobiography [Publishers Weekly]
Why Would Anyone Pay Andrew Cuomo $4 Million for a Book? [New Republic]
New Nonfiction
My Broken Language: A Memoir by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet by Chelsea Wald
Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less by Leidy Klotz
Quick Mentions
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden O’Keefe
Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow Cox
Religious Memoirs
God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz
Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper
I Should Have Honor: A Memoir of Hope and Pride in Pakistan by Khalida Brohi
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill
Reading Now
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson
CONCLUSION
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