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127 books · 17 voters · list created January 15th, 2015 by Julie (votes) .
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Julie 6673 books
158 friends
Mitchell 11268 books
171 friends
Kerstin 2652 books
1293 friends
Luke 6015 books
62 friends
Cindy III 10500 books
199 friends
Fiona 1736 books
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Deborah 4782 books
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Heidi 9704 books
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Claire (Clairby11xxx) Assigned to correct lists due to ratings:
The Hospital by the River
Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom
Have You Found Her
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton
Hitler: A Study in Tyranny
Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68
No Mercy: A Journey to the Heart of the Congo
The Queen Mother: The Official Biography
Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland
A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy
Ask Me Why I Hurt: The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them
Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo
One Hundred Names for Love – A Memoir
Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India
Driving the Saudis: A Chauffeur's Tale of the World's Richest Princesses
I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers
Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan
Once in a House on Fire
It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine
STILL LIFE WITH RICE
The Blind Side of the Heart
In the Body of the World
Disobedience
Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER
In the Water They Can't See You Cry: A Memoir
Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering
I'll Scream Later
Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol 2, The Defining Years, 1933-38
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
Nothing Was the Same
Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War
Alex: The Life of a Child
Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank
The Camera My Mother Gave Me
A Year in Japan
Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm
Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria
Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor
The Family Nobody Wanted
Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir
My Brother
S/He
Rescuing Patty Hearst: Growing Up Sane in a Decade Gone Mad
The Ruins of Us
Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey
The Jew Store
Special Exits
Open Heart
Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
Let Me Go
Across a Hundred Mountains
In Stitches
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller
Mom's Cancer
The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont
The Dog Who Rescues Cats: True Story of Ginny
Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered
The Two Kinds of Decay
Prozac Diary
Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey
Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
Swimming Studies
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
Lovey: A Very Special Child
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
The Wild Truth: A Memoir
Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression
The Slave Across the Street: The True Story of How an American Teen Survived the World of Human Trafficking
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine


Charlotte Igelkott Graduated: Prime of Life

Yes, I know there are more books that need graduating. No, I am not willing to vote for any book on the biography lists except those I've read and liked.


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