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Freak of Nature: A Story from One of the First Women at the Coast Guard Academy by Kathy Hamblett
On a stunning, blue-sky day, I stood my final special sea detail at the helm of the tall ship Eagle as we made our way up the Thames River into New…
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The Brain Surgeon: A Memoir of Fate, Failure, and Finding My Calling by Alan S. Kaufman
I was dropped on my head as a baby—in the hospital, on a concrete floor.
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Are We Married? By Michael De Rosa
As I looked at the menu, trying to find something my wife would like that we could share, she leaned back in her seat, beaming, and asked me, “Are we…
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Erosion: Becoming Granite in a Crumbling World by Penny Jackson
The end of freshman year unfolded like a slow, unraveling thread, fraying at the edges until it snapped.
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My Old Dead End: Reckoning with Ghosts and Secrets from the Past by Andrew Hirss
My red-eye flight from Seattle jostles me awake as we land at the Detroit Metro Airport.
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Our Rehab Romance to Escape an Eating Disorder by Justin Kolber
Dating my co-patient was a window into her pain and a mirror into mine.
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Parenting Through Epilepsy and Mental Illness by Jeff Hyndman
“I’m having a good day.”
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