Memoirs That Hurt and Heal

The books, in order

1. 1

   Spirituality · 13 min

   Life Without Limits

   Nick Vujicic

   What classmates said at school weighed on the author's self-esteem, and noticing that helps adults take a different child's suffering seriously.

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2. 2

   Biographies and Memoirs · 19 min

   Finding Me

   Viola Davis

   Before calling someone's performance a lack of effort, it is worth asking how much energy that person spent just to get there.

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3. 3

   Biographies and Memoirs · 17 min

   Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

   Matthew Perry

   Old childhood wounds of helplessness create a sense of inadequacy that no adult achievement can numb on its own.

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4. 4

   Biographies and Memoirs · 17 min

   Educated

   Tara Westover

   When a family lives isolated from the broader community, the parents' version of the world becomes an absolute truth that is hard to question.

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5. 5

   Biographies and Memoirs · 18 min

   Spare

   Prince Harry

   Family roles assigned in childhood often dictate who takes priority long before individual choices ever begin.

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