Emotional Memoirs

Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life of an Actor is the no-holds-barred autobiography of India’s first truly international film star. The journey of a middle-class boy from Delhi whose career took him to the heights of fame across the world. An unusually candid story of his strengths, weaknesses and turbulent relationships.

Winner of the 2023 GRAMMY Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album. Finalist for the 2023 AUDIE AWARDS for Audiobook of the Year and Narration by the Author. 'In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life changing decision to stop...

A Real Emotional Girl tells the true story of young Tanya, growing up in the wonderland of her family’s summer camp. At 16, this idyllic life is interrupted when she must face her father’s sudden illness. Tanya, her mother, and two brothers find themselves cramped in a tiny cabin in a tiny town in northern Wisconsin in the dead of winter. There, they wait for her father to die of cancer. Separated from friends and civilization, Tanya has only her fears and uncertainty for company.

Brought to you by Penguin. We've been told we need to master our emotions and think rationally to succeed. But cutting-edge science shows that feelings are every bit as important to our success as thinking. You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how to...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was...

Parampara. Pratishtha. Anushasan. For Jyoti Mamgain, these famous words uttered by Amitabh Bachchan in Mohabbatein, defining the ethos of an all-boys' school, seemed like these were penned to describe the world she had entered into, the Indian Army, by virtue of her marriage to an army man. In these delightful vignettes, the author introduces us to little-known aspects of life behind the cantonment walls. It's a world that flummoxes her with cryptic messages like 'sab Tik Tok hai' and 'guarding the igloo' (in the searing heat of the Indian plains).

What does it look like to be hopelessly, serially, persistently, and stubbornly in love not with someone, but with longing itself? Journalist and late-in-life virgin Amanda McCracken dated over 100 men before she realized she was addicted to longing, setting her on a 10-year journey to...

'The pages sing in this beautiful book.' Bono 'Moving and lyrical, The Forest is the Path is an imaginative and deeply personal journey of self-discovery.' The Irish Times ‘[An] astoundingly poetic book’ Pandora Sykes You’re falling through time so all I can do is fall with you. The...

Ein starker Erfahrungsbericht über das Leben mit Borderline, der aufklärt und Mut macht Schon als Jugendliche spürt Joelle, dass sie ihre Gefühle anders wahrnimmt: Ihre Traurigkeit ist unendlich tief, die empfundene Hoffnungslosigkeit grenzenlos, ihre Freude übersprudelnd und allumfassend. Sich in ihrer Verletzlichkeit zeigen, das traut sie sich nicht, läuft lange mit einer Maske durchs Leben, bricht die Schule ab, reist alleine um die Welt und erlebt immer wieder Zusammen- und Beziehungsabbrüche. Erst als junge Erwachsene erhält sie die Diagnose: Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung.

A singular, warm-hearted, and inspiring look at life from beloved writer, critic, and pundit Roger Ebert—and the inspiration for the award-winning documentary. "A captivating, moveable feast." —New York Times Book Review "Thoughtful, entertaining, and emotional." —Entertainment Weekly...

'If there's any message I want people to take from this book, it is hope that, even in the hardest of times, life is worth living, one precious moment at a time.' Vicky Phelan When Vicky Phelan delivered an emotionally charged statement from the steps of the Four Courts in April 2018 - having...

Yumiko Kadota war der Traum aller asiatischen Eltern: Musterschülerin, Medizinstudentin, immer die Beste. Sie ordnete alles der ersehnten Karriere unter. Doch die Realität im öffentlichen Gesundheitswesen brach sie. Überarbeitung, Sexismus, Mobbing und Belästigung. Man nannte sie "emotional", "zu selbstbewusst". Irgendwann war es zu viel, Yumiko kündigte. Als sie ihren Blog mit den Worten begann: "Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass ich das einmal sagen würde, aber ich gebe auf. Ich gebe meinen Traum auf, Chirurgin zu werden", ging ihre Geschichte viral.

NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025, AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS The heart-breaking account of a search for the truth behind the brutal killings that shocked a nation. On 29 August 2016, devastating news hit the headlines that an entire family was found dead in a rural community. For Jacqueline...

BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2025 - AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS A shocking true story of heartbreak and survival by Sarah Corbett Lynch, daughter of Jason Corbett - an Irish Times Number 1 bestseller and the subject of NETFLIX documentary A DEADLY AMERICAN MARRIAGE. 'Honest and compelling' Sunday...

A stunning new memoir from the number one bestselling, award-winning author of All the Things Left Unsaid and Staring at Lakes. Michael Harding was twenty three when his father died; a parent who was sometimes distant and aloof, yet had a profound effect on the writer's life. In the summer of...

In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain Asher pays tribute to her mother’s strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy. Awaiting the return of her husband and young son from a road trip, Obiajulu Ejiofor receives shattering news. There’s...

A powerful and inspiring memoir about how one man's cancer diagnosis led to him become a doctor and advocate for change in the healthcare system. At the age of twenty-eight, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a new relationship blossoming, Ben Bravery woke from...

Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, who are brought into care as an emergency after suffering non-accidental injuries. Aneta and Filip, the children’s parents, are distraught when their children are taken into care. Aneta maintains...

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN. OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING. THE STORY OF ONE CHILD SHE COULD NEVER FORGET. The true story of a troubled boy with a dark secret. Seven-year-old Reece is the last of six siblings to be taken into foster care. He can't cope with school and is often excluded for his violent and...

The inspiring, heart-rending story of a father's unwavering love for his son. David Goldman and his Brazilian wife, Bruna Bianchi, led what appeared to be a happy life in New Jersey. But in June 2004, Bianchi took their four-year-old son, Sean, to Brazil for what she said would be a two- week...