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Topic: 2024 Share the Memoirs, Biographies, Nonfiction You Read

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Subject: 2024 Share the Memoirs, Biographies, Nonfiction You Read
Date Posted: 1/4/2024 11:21 PM ET
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1.  The Bielski Brothers : The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy, 1/11/2024, 5 stars.  This is one the best documented books I've read about treatment of the Jewish people in WWII.  A fascinating story indeed by brothers who saved over 1200 Jewish people in Belarus. 2.  All But My Life : A Memoir by Gerda Weissmann Klein, 1/13/2024, 4.5 stars. Check out this wonderful memoir of a Polish woman who lived through six years of Nazi domination.  Learn what helped her survive and recover her health and build a new life in America as she put her past aside.  She never forgot and the more...
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Subject: 2024 Nonfiction
Date Posted: 1/27/2024 7:10 PM ET
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Awful Beautiful Life: When God Shows Up in the Midst of Tragedy Author: Rebecca Powell, Katherine Reay This was a great read. It was written well, so I read in one sitting. This tells the story of a woman whose husband committed suicide and left behind a great deal of debt. She was counseled to declare bankruptcy and then she wouldn't have to pay, but she was determined to pay back what was owed. The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir Author: Ste more...