Personal Stories


Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Crying in H Mart
The Diary of a Young Girl
I'm Glad My Mom Died
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
When Breath Becomes Air
The Glass Castle
Eat, Pray, Love
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Educated
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
The Choice: Embrace the Possible
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
Man's Search for Meaning
Bossypants
Christy Lefteri
You see, when you clump people together and don’t understand their personal stories, you can make up any bullshit and convince yourself it’s the truth.
Christy Lefteri, Songbirds

Brandy Isadora
I admired and was at times mystified that people were so confident that they knew what they wanted to have permanently inked on their bodies. When I would ask these people about their tattoos, I found out that every tattoo had some kind of story.
Brandy Isadora, Tattle Tales: Tattoo Stories and Portraits

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