Parched
6 best books like Parched (Heather King): When Rabbit Howls, Drinking: A Love Story, Lit, Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence, Grace
| Author | Truddi Chase |
| ISBN | 0515103292 |
Truddi Chase began therapy to discover why she suffered from blackouts. What surfaced was terrifying: she was inhabited by 'the Troops'-92 individual personalities. This groundbreaking true story is made all the more extraordinary in that it was written by the Troops themselves. What they reveal...
| Author | Caroline Knapp |
| ISBN | 0385315546 |
The roots of alcoholism in the life of a brilliant daughter of an upper-class family are explored in this stylistic, literary memoir of drinking by a Massachusetts journalist.
Caroline Knapp describes how the distorted world of her well-to-do parents pushed her toward anorexia and alcoholism....
| Author | Mary Karr |
| ISBN | 0060596988 |
The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—Mary Karr’s sequel to the beloved and bestselling The Liars’ Club and Cherry “lassos you, hogties your emotions and won’t let you go” (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times).
Mary Karr’s bestselling, unforgettable sequel...
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
| Author | Karen Foxlee |
| ISBN | 0385753543 |
A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl and Blue Balliett.
Unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven by science. She and her sister Alice are still grieving for their dead mother...
Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence
| Author | David Keirsey |
| ISBN | 1885705026 |
Phenomenon: Keirsey and Bates's Please Understand Me, first published in 1978, sold nearly 2 million copies in its first 20 years, becoming a perennial best seller all over the world. Advertised only by word of mouth, the book became a favorite training and counseling guide in many institutions --...
| Author | T. Greenwood |
| ISBN | 0758250924 |
Every family photograph hides a story. Some are suffused with warmth and joy, others reflect the dull ache of disappointed dreams. For thirteen-year-old Trevor Kennedy, taking photos helps him make sense of his fractured world. His father, Kurt, struggles to keep a business going while also caring...
