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Drinking: A Love Story

Caroline Knapp

Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as 'liquid armor,' a way to protect themselves agai...

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Published: May 1997

After the Fire: A True Story of Frien...

Robin Fisher

Every so often we encounter a story that makes us cry and makes us strong, that makes us want to hug our children and call our old friends. This bestselling book captures just such a drama in all its heartrending drama. On January 19...

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Published: Jan 2010

Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History...

Jennifer Traig

The hilarious first-person account of life as a hypochondriac—from the critically acclaimed author of Devil in the Details.Jennifer Traig does not suffer from lupus, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's Disease, or muscular dystrophy. Nor do...

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Published: Jul 2009

Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extrao...

Daniel Tammet

One of the world's 50 living autistic savants is the first and only to tell his compelling and inspiring life story and explain how his incredible mind works. While Tammet's brain has amazed scientists for years, everyone will be move...

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Published: Oct 2007

His Bright Light: The Story of Nick T...

Danielle Steel

This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live, and a race against death.I want to share the story, and the pain, the courage, the ...

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Published: Feb 2000

Strong at the Broken Places: Voices o...

Richard M. Cohen

Strong at the Broken Places is the remarkable story of five ordinary people trapped in the complex world of serious chronic illness. In this intimate portrait, acclaimed journalist Richard M. Cohen probes lives of sickness as these ...

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Published: Feb 2009

Moments of Clarity: Voices from the F...

Christopher Kennedy Lawford

On February 17, 1986, after years of addiction and self-destruction, Christopher Kennedy Lawford reached a turning point in his life, one that would mark the beginning of his long road to recovery. In his New York Times bestselling m...

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Published: Feb 2010

Saving Sammy: A Mother's Fight to Cur...

Beth Alison Maloney

The summer before entering sixth grade, Sammy, a bright and charming boy who lived on the coast of Maine, suddenly began to exhibit disturbing behavior. He walked and ate with his eyes shut, refused to bathe, burst into fits of rage, ...

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Published: Oct 2010

Grand Central Winter: Stories from th...

Lee Stringer

In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer -- homeless and drug-addicted over the course of eleven years -- found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day, he used it to write. Soon, writing became a ...

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Published: Nov 1999

Buddha & the Borderline: My Recovery ...

Kiera Van Gelder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) affects more than ten million Americans, yet the disorder is still shrouded in mystery and stigma. Only recently have treatments like dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) been developed for this 'in...

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Published: Jul 2010

Passing for Normal: A Memoir of Compu...

Amy S. Wilensky

I am crazy. But maybe I am not.  For most of her life, these thoughts plagued Amy Wilensky as her mind lurched and veered in ways she didn't understand and her body did things she couldn't control. While she excelled in school and l...

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Published: Jul 2000
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