Religious Memoirs - a podcast by Book Riot

This week Alice and Kim talk Islam, Christianity, and Scientology memoirs.

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April 24: Readathon and Independent Bookstore DayNonfiction in the News

Amanda Seyfried to Play Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu Series ‘The Dropout’ [Variety]Simon&Schuster Acquires Mike Pence’s Autobiography [Publishers Weekly]

Why Would Anyone Pay Andrew Cuomo $4 Million for a Book? [New Republic]New Nonfiction 

My Broken Language: A Memoir by Quiara Alegría HudesPipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet by Chelsea Wald

Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less by Leidy KlotzFrom a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

Quick MentionsEmpire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden O’Keefe

Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow CoxReligious Memoirs

God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz LenzUnfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper

I Should Have Honor: A Memoir of Hope and Pride in Pakistan by Khalida Brohi Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill

Reading NowA Promised Land by Barack Obama

Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny LawsonCONCLUSION

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