Eleanor: A Spiritual Biography: The Faith of the 20th Century's Most Influential Woman
10 best books like Eleanor: A Spiritual Biography: The Faith of the 20th Century's Most Influential Woman (Harold Ivan Smith): An Orchestra of Minorities, Sabrina & Corina: Stories, The Same Sky, What Rose Forgot, Up: A Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure, Ahimsa, Good God, Lousy World, and Me: The Improbable Journey of a Human Rights Activist from Unbelief to Faith, Hiding in the Light, When Did Everybody Else Get So Old?: Indignities, Compromises, and the Unexpected Grace of Midlife, The Murder List
An Orchestra of Minorities
| Author | Chigozie Obioma |
| ISBN | 0316412392 |
A heart-breaking and mythic story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by Man Booker Finalist and author of The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma.
A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a...
Sabrina & Corina: Stories
| Author | Kali Fajardo-Anstine |
A haunting debut story collection on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands, centered on Latinas of indigenous ancestry that shines a new light on the American West.
Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina...
| Author | Amanda Eyre Ward |
| ISBN | 0553390503 |
In this heartrending and poignant novel, award-winning author Amanda Eyre Ward tells the story of Alice Conroe, a forty year old Texas barbecue owner who has the perfect life, except she and her husband long for a child. Unable to conceive, she’s trying desperately to adopt but her destiny is quickly...
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In New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr's gripping standalone, a grandmother in her sixties emerges from a mental fog to find she's trapped in...
Up: A Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure
| Author | Patricia Ellis Herr |
When Trish Herr became pregnant with her first daughter, Alex, she and her husband, Hugh, vowed to instill a bond with nature in their children. By the time Alex was five, her over-the-top energy levels led Trish to believe that her very young daughter might be capable of hiking adult-sized mountains.
In...
| Author | Supriya Kelkar |
| ISBN | 9352755340 |
In 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-year-old Anjali is devastated to think of her father risking his life for the freedom struggle.
But it turns out he isn't the one joining. Anjali's mother is. And with this change comes many more...
| Author | Holly Burkhalter |
| ISBN | 1601425082 |
“In this extraordinary memoir of grace, one of the foremost human rights advocates of the last half century shares her brutally and hilariously honest story of finding God on one of the most unlikely, irreverent, and utterly beautiful pilgrimages through life as it actually is.”
—Gary...
| Author | Rifqa Bary |
| ISBN | 1601426968 |
Rifqa Bary grew up in a devout Muslim home, obediently following her parents' orders to practice the rituals of Islam. But God was calling her to freedom and love. He was calling her to true faith. He was calling her to give up everything. Leaving Islam for Christianity cost her more than she imagined but...
When Did Everybody Else Get So Old?: Indignities, Compromises, and the Unexpected Grace of Midlife
| Author | Jennifer Grant |
| ISBN | 1513801317 |
From writer and veteran columnist Jennifer Grant comes an unflinching and spirited look at the transitions of midlife. When Did Everybody Else Get So Old? plumbs the physical, spiritual, and emotional changes unique to the middle years: from the emptying nest to the sagging effects of aging. Grant...
| Author | Hank Phillippi Ryan |
| ISBN | 1250197236 |
"An exhilarating thrill ride that keeps you turning pages.. Ryan deftly delivers a denouement as shocking as it is satisfying."--Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Last Time I Saw You
Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows...
