QUIETLY HEARTBREAKING MEMOIR of a childhood spent amid affluence and creativity—and terrible abuse.

SHARP, SALTY HUMOR draws on the ridiculousness of trying to be “feminine” enough for showbiz and the world. SOLID B

YOU’LL GROW OUT OF IT
Grand Central Publishing
2016

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN’S MEMOIR shines when portraying the odd camaraderie of life on the indie-rock road. SOLID B

HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL: A MEMOIR
Riverhead Books
2015

A FRANK, MORDANT MIDLIFE memoir of searching for all kinds of love past age 50. Eloquent even in bitterness. SOLID B

WITTY, THOUGHT-PROVOKING science fiction! A UFO researcher/stripper on the run from Men In Black; smart fun. B PLUS

THOUGHTFUL, ELOQUENT MEMOIR of a writer’s day jobs in sex work and in human services work. Stunning, raw! B PLUS

THE HEARTBREAKS, EXHILARATIONS of one woman’s journey from an ultra-Orthodox childhood to a more secular life. B PLUS

CUT ME LOOSE : SIN AND SALVATION AFTER MY ULTRA-ORTHODOX GIRLHOOD
Nan A. Talese
2014

AMAZING STORY OF THE real-life 1889 race around the world between journalists Nellie Bly, Elizabeth Bisland.

ENGAGING HISTORY LOOKS at eight 19th-century US women attorneys, reveals much about challenges they faced.

TWO YOUNG WOMEN weather the changes of the 1960s in different ways.  A complex, deft portrait of friendship!