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Life with mother

By Clarence Day. 1937

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio
A humorous picture of gentle Mrs. Day, who ran the household, lovingly corrected her four redheaded sons, and managed her husband. 1937.

Twelve years: an American boyhood in East Germany

By Joel Agee. 1981

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Biography, Literature biography, Family biography, Politics and government
Human-narrated audio

The son of the late James Agee offers an account of his life with his mother; Alma, his stepfather, a…

German communist novelist; and his brother, in the new East Germany at the end of World War II. Joel recalls his feelings as an outsider, his few friendships, and his failure as student, son, and privileged member of a Marxist society. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1981.

Eleni

By Nicholas Gage. 1983

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Biography, Family biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

When he was a young boy, the author's mother was tortured and murdered by communist guerillas in Greece in 1948.…

Gage, now a reporter with the "New York Times", searched for the man responsible for his mother's death. 1983.

The Kennedys: an American drama

By Peter Collier, David Horowitz. 1984

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Biography, Politics and government biography, Family biography
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A look at four generations of the Kennedy clan. Presents an in-depth chronicle of the family's achievements as well as its hidden failings. Some strong language. Bestseller 1984.

Fatherhood

By Bill Cosby, Alvin F Poussaint. 1986

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Biography, Family biography
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Cosby comforts parents with tales about his life as the father of five children who are a source of bewilderment to him. Some strong language. Bestseller 1986.

The stones cry out: a Cambodian childhood, 1975-1980

By Molyda Szymusiak. 1986

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Biography, Family biography, Asian history, Politics and government, Asian travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

Now living in Paris, the author recounts the agony of her Cambodian childhood under the Khmer Rouge, including the deaths…

of her parents, siblings and other relatives. 1986. Uniform title: Pierres crieront.

Stillmeadow sampler

By Gladys Bagg Taber. 1951

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Family biography, General non-fiction, Nature
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A chronicle of life in the New England countryside. The author includes accounts of her dogs and cats, the beauties of nature, and newly discovered recipes. 1951.

The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga

By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 1987

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Biography, Politics and government biography, Business biography, Family biography
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Begins with the baptism of Rose Kennedy's father in 1863 and ends with John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Looks…

at Wall Street speculation and the campaigns that catapulted an entire family to international status. Some strong language. 1987.

The exile

By Pearl S Buck. 1936

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Biography, Religious biography, Family biography
Human-narrated audio
A memoir of the author's mother, who accompanied her missionary husband to China, faced hardships, and made an American home for her children. 1936.

Not without my daughter: A True Story

By Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer. 1987

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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Family biography, Women biography
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When an American woman married to an Iranian doctor goes with her husband and their young daughter to visit his…

native country in 1984, culture shock turns to personal tragedy as the husband reveals a secret plan to remain with his family in Iran. Mahmoody describes how she and her four-year-old daughter were kept against their will until they were smuggled over the Turkish border in 1986. c1987.

Seven stories of Christmas love

By Leo F Buscaglia. 1987

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Family biography, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio

The author shares seven holiday episodes from his life, including his hilarious adventure in producing a school Christmas pageant with…

second-graders as well as poignant insights that came from spending Christmas in a hospital recovering from heart surgery. 1987.

Searching for Bobby Fischer: the world of chess, observed by the father of a child prodigy

By Fred Waitzkin. 1988

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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Family biography
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The story of child prodigy Josh Waitzkin and his relationship with his father. Along with an inside look at the…

world of chess, Waitzkin reveals the psychological and emotional roller coaster ride he experienced because of his son's involvement with chess. 1988.

Young Kate: The Remarkable Hepburns And The Childhood That Shaped An American Legend

By Christopher P Andersen. 1988

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Biography, Actors biography, Family biography, Women biography
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Portrait of actress Katharine Hepburn's parents and grandparents, and of Katharine's early years to her graduation from Bryn Mawr. Her…

mother was an early feminist and a co-founder of Planned Parenthood and the League of Women Voters. Her father was a pioneering physician in the field of venereal disease. c1988.

To destroy you is no loss: the odyssey of a Cambodian family

By Joan D Criddle, Teede Butt Mam. 1987

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Biography, Politics and government biography, Family biography, Asian history
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When the Khmer Rouge achieved victory in Cambodia in 1975, Teeda Butt Mam and her family left Phnom Penh. For…

the next four years, they experienced constant fear, hunger and deprivation while watching many of their compatriots die. 1987.

A girl from Yamhill: a memoir (Yearling Book)

By Beverly Cleary. 1988

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Biography, Family biography
Human-narrated audio

This biography of the author's early years recounts how her family lost their farm during the Depression and were forced…

to move to the city. Her father, who loved the outdoors, spent years as a bank guard while her possessive and domineering mother devoted herself to Beverly. For junior and senior high readers. 1998.

Papa, my father: a celebration of dads

By Leo F Buscaglia. 1989

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Biography, Family biography
Human-narrated audio
Buscaglia commemorates his immigrant father and extols the many roles he played: husband, educator, philanthropist, philosopher, patriot and nurturer. 1989.

For the love of a child

By Betty Mahmoody. 1992

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Biography, Family biography, Women biography
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In this sequel to "Not without my daughter", Betty Mahmoody describes her cultural readjustment to America, her fear of revenge…

from her Iranian husband, and frustration with a legal system that cannot offer her protection. She also expands her scope to tell of other instances of international disputes over children. 1992.

Having our say: the Delany sisters' first 100 years

By Amy Hill Hearth, Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany. 1993

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Biography, Family biography, Women biography
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The Delany sisters' collective meditation on American life since Sadie's birth in 1889 and Bessie's in 1891 in North Carolina.…

Daughters of the first black Episcopal bishop, they describe the experience of the duality of race and class in the segregated South. The sisters migrated to Harlem before 1920 and to Mount Vernon, New York, in the 1950s. 1993.

Joseph Pulitzer II and the Post-Dispatch: a newspaperman's life

By Daniel W Pfaff. 1991

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Biography, Family biography
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When blindness forced Joseph Pulitzer to relinquish control of his newspaper empire, he turned the New York World over to…

his two most promising sons. The paper folded. He put his fun-loving namesake at the helm of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, but this son assembled a fine staff and developed a distinguished paper. Pfaff relates the father-son relationship and career of the son who was to continue the legacy. 1991.

Times to remember

By Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. 1974

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Biography, Family biography, Women biography
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The joys and sorrow of a full life as recounted by the mother of a famous American family. In her eighties, Mrs. Kennedy presents a self-portrait of ageless charm. 1974.

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