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Butterfly on a Pin by Alannah Hill

  • Chantel
  • Posted on September 7, 2021
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“…from that day on I was a sitting duck…I didn’t know if it was night or day, morning or afternoon.” Butterfly on a Pin is Alannah Hill’s memoir from her…

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Beyond Calamity: A South Sudanese Refugee’s Story by Esther Simbi

  • Chantel
  • Posted on March 5, 2021
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Beyond Calamity: A South Sudanese Refugee’s Story is a memoir by Esther Simbi, and her journey as a refugee with a disability. The memoir follows her early years and upbringing…

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The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya

  • Chantel
  • Posted on October 10, 2020
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“I’ve seen enough to know that you can be a human with a mountain of resources and you can be a human with nothing, and you can be a monster…

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The Girl From Aleppo by Nujeen Mustafa with Christina Lamb

  • Chantel
  • Posted on September 11, 2020
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“Your homeland is not a hotel you can check out of if the service is bad”  The Girl from Aleppo is a memoir about a teenager with a disability, and…

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Sissy by Jacob Tobia

  • Chantel
  • Posted on May 25, 2020
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“But here’s the remarkable thing about self-love: When you start to love yourself for the first time, when you start to truly embrace who you are—flaws and all—your scars start…

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Laughing at my Nightmare by Shane Burcaw

  • Chantel
  • Posted on May 31, 2019
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Having only “discovered” Shane Burcaw and his work fairly recently, I’m a bit late to the party of Laughing At My Nightmare (I mean he’s already written an entirely new book, Strangers Assume…

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