May we have some remarkable stories!
For May, Local Talent highlights biographies and memoirs from some remarkable people.
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A Narrow Strip of World War II: D-Day to the Rhine River in Germany by William Mottley
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The Braying Donkey: Reflections on a Life by Timir Banerjee
Born in India, Timir came to Louisville, Kentucky, as a young hospital intern. The story of his cross-cultural experience is a revealing contrast between the medical practices of his homeland and those of the US, but mostly, it is the unique and inspiring self-portrait of a remarkable individual.
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Interlude: Letters from a Foreign Correspondent by Mary Archer St. Clair with Molly Washburne
Through their 12-year correspondence. Greene's letters are a glimpse into the improbable relationship as well as a first-hand account of the life of a foreign correspondent during the years between the Jazz Age and the Great Depression, a period captured vividly in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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A Knock on the Door: Memories of Henry Manning by Mary Archer St. Clair
Biography of Admiral Harry Manning, commander of the S.S. United States and other superliners, from the perspective of the woman he fell in love with as a young man. Includes excerpts of his letters to her.
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Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love by Anne Thomas Soffee
This hilariously uplifting memoir follows an Arab–American woman’s merry life as she shimmies her way from getting dumped by her tattoo-artist boyfriend to coming to grips with being single, ample, and 30.
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Streetwise: Mafia Memoirs by Russell A. Vassallo
An intricate tale of the streets, the memoirs of a kid reared on the edge of the feared Mafia. His was a divided loyalty and silence to his family and friends who skirted the treacherous borders of gangsterism. Serious at times, hilarious at others, he paints the underworld with glowing strokes of his early life.
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