Plus, Inspiring Memoirs 📇
 | | Happy almost-Friday, friend! Today, we’re wishing happy birthday to one of the most successful authors of all time. We’re also diving into two Trading Places-style comedies and three inspiring memoirs to carry you through the February blahs. Plus, the hottest books on Likewise this week. |  | The Bookends |
| | When the Shoe Fits | | In The Bookends, we pick an exciting new release and pair it with an older title readers will also love. This week: Women leading very different lives swap places in these charming comedies. |  | | Someone Else’s Shoes | | A down-on-her-luck saleswoman grabs the wrong gym bag and discovers a pair of custom couture heels. Wearing them gives her a boost of confidence, while the trophy wife who picked up her sensible flats finds herself facing a divorce. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | The Switch | | A grieving and burned out woman swaps her London apartment for her grandmother’s village home so the 80-year-old can search for love in the city while her granddaughter manages the Yorkshire cottage. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | | See the rest of the this week’s top 10! | |  | | |  | Ask a Librarian |
| | Can you recommend inspiring memoirs where the writer had to overcome something? - July | There are so many moving memoirs about people triumphing over adversity! The hardest part of this question is narrowing down my suggestions.
Between the Lines
The best memoirs combine a compelling story with writing that lets the reader connect with the author. Here are three recent picks that offer an intimate and uplifting look at people overcoming extraordinary circumstances—one from a celebrity superstar, and two less well-known but equally compelling life stories. |  | | Finding Me | | Viola Davis earned an EGOT after she won a Grammy for the narration of this memoir, which recounts her challenging childhood and eventual rise to stardom. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | Somebody’s Daughter | | In this tender memoir, Ashley Ford recounts growing up with a loving but angry mother, who struggled to take care of Ashley and her brother while their father served a 24-year prison sentence. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | Blood Orange Night | | After she was prescribed Ambien for chronic insomnia as a young mother, Melissa Bond developed a debilitating addiction to benzodiazepine. This raw and gripping memoir chronicles her nightmarish drug dependence and her agonizingly slow recovery. | | Add to reading list |
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| | Meet the Librarian
Emily Calkins has worked at public libraries across the US. Tell her what you’re looking for! | | |
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|  | Guess The Writer |
| - This popular author served for seven years in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
- He has written 47 consecutive bestsellers.
- In addition to his writing career, he serves on the boards of two nonprofits dedicated to overturning wrongful convictions.
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| Critical Love
One of the most-anticipated books of early 2023 is earning accolades. The Los Angeles Times calls Jen Beagin’s new novel “one of the funniest books of the last few years,” and Publishers Weekly says it’s “a delightfully off-kilter romantic comedy.” |  | | Big Swiss | | A woman who transcribes sex therapy sessions falls for one of the patients, first in writing the transcript and then, when they accidentally meet at a dog park, in person. | | Add to reading list |
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| | The Bestseller
Delia Cai’s “unflinching but warmhearted” (Booklist) debut is part romantic comedy, part coming-of-age novel, and critics are loving her “compassionate lens” (Associated Press) on the complexities of coming home again. |  | | Central Places | | A 27-year-old Chinese American woman brings her white fiancé home for a disastrous visit where she grapples with her complicated relationship with her mother and her rekindling feelings for an old boyfriend. | | Add to reading list |
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| | Bookworld |
| 👗 Reese Witherspoon announced her February book club pick.
💐 Jessica George’s buzzy debut will get a TV adaptation.
🏚️ Spoiler alert: Author Paul Tremblay talks about the new ending to the movie inspired by his book, The Cabin at the End of the World.
🎧 Michelle Obama to launch podcast based on best-selling book.
🎤 Barbra Streisand’s first memoir is set for a November release. | | | PS: Products you purchase through our links may earn Likewise a commission. |
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