Biographies and autobiographies for novel readers

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The Cap, or The Price of a Life
1.  The Cap, or The Price of a Life by Roman Frister
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  "Moving and intelligent story of a Jewish child in the Holocaust.  Examines the issues of moral contingencies painfully clearly.  Masterpiece."
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My Traitors Heart
2.  My Traitors Heart by Malan
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  "Autobiography of a white Afrikaans journalist during apartheid in South Africa.  Insightful and fascinating."
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Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton
3.  Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton by Ralph Leighton
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  "Fascinating collection of essays and anecdotes by a Nobel prize winning physicist."
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
4.  Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
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  "Autobiography of a girl brought up in a dirt poor white family in Africa.  A new perspective."
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The Year of Magical Thinking
5.  The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
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  "Didion clear-eyed recounting of the year after the sudden death of her husband."
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Mrs.P's Journey: The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Created the A-Z Map
6.  Mrs.P's Journey: The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Created the A-Z Map by Sarah Hartley
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  "Interesting and light read about the building of the A to Z empire."
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Things My Mother Never Told Me
7.  Things My Mother Never Told Me by Blake Morrison
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  "Morrison's intimate knowledge of the "characters" shine through in his book."
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Under the Eye of the Clock: A Memoir
8.  Under the Eye of the Clock: A Memoir by Christopher Nolan
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  "Brilliant autobiography of a young man with cerebral palsy.  Although he has no speech, language floods out of him."
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The Bookseller Of Kabul
9.  The Bookseller Of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
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  "Interesting and well written insight into a family dominated by the patriarch."
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Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
10.  Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford by Peter Y. Sussman
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  "Engrossing collection of letters."
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Before I Say Goodbye
11.  Before I Say Goodbye by Ruth Picardie
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  "Exceptionally moving collection of letters by a journalist and young mother dying of breast cancer."
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
12.  I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Dr Maya Angelou
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  "Fascinating story of her early life by one of America's great women of letters."
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Ettie: The Intimate Life And Dauntless Spirit Of Lady Desborough
13.  Ettie: The Intimate Life And Dauntless Spirit Of Lady Desborough by Richard Davenport-Hines
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  "Tragic story of a social hostess and mother during WWI"
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