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Shedding Our Stars: The Story of Hans Calmeyer and How He Saved Thousands of Families Like Mine by Laureen Nussbaum
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.40During the German occupation of the Netherlands, 1940 to 1945, all Jews were ordered to register the religion of their grandparents. The Reichskommissar appointed the young lawyer Hans Calmeyer to... -
Where Time Begins: A Novel by Sasha Paulsen 9781647424138
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66It's 1976, and Shelley Ilillouette, unemployed and without prospects, has never heard of the Kingdom of Tonga>-but when an artist offers her a job in this South Pacific kingdom, she takes it.She... -
Handsome: Stories of an Awkward Girl Boy Human by Holly Lorka 9781631527838
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66As a horny little kid, Holly Lorka had no idea why God had put her in the wrong body and made her want to kiss girls. She had questions: Was she a monster? Would she ever be able to grow... -
The Laundress by Barbara Sapienza 9781631526794
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66Twenty-six-year-old Lavinia Lavinia is burdened by her unknown heritage-but her uncle Sal, who raised her in San Francisco, has always kept silent, refusing to reveal the devastating secret of her... -
Fifty First Dates After Fifty: A Memoir by Carolyn Lee Arnold
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66What does a free-spirited, fifty-something professional do when she breaks up with her non-committal Buddhist boyfriend and longs for a life partner? She holds a 'letting go' ceremony with the... -
Home So Far Away by Judith Berlowitz 9781647423759
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €12.40A fictional diary set in interwar Germany and Spain allows us to peek into the life of Klara Philipsborn, the only Communist in her merchant-class, German-Jewish family. Klara's first visit to... -
The Shell and the Octopus: A Memoir by Rebecca Stirling
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €9.58This is the story of Rebecca Stirling's childhood: a young girl raised by the sea, by men, and by literature. Circumnavigating the world on a thirty-foot sailboat, the Stirlings spend weeks at a time... -
Dancing in the Narrows: A Mother-Daughter Odyssey Through Chronic Illness by Anna Penenberg
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €12.66Dancing in the Narrows chronicles a mother and daughter's multiyear journey through illness and trauma. At sixteen, Anna's youngest daughter, Dana, is stricken with a mysterious and debilitating... -
The Breaks Ellen Barker 9781647428402
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66Waking up in the emergency room with a broken arm is not one of the ways Marianne imagined her first date with Carl, if it is a date, ending up. Nor was driving up to the entrance of a women's prison... -
And Still the Bird Sings: A Memoir of Finding Light After Loss by Linda Broder
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €9.58"The day after my son died, a bird walked into my house. That tiny sparrow wouldn't leave me alone. It kept knocking on my door and showing up in my dreams, until it finally sparked a light within... -
What's Not Said: A Novel by Valerie Taylor
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €5.81"Taylor's dialogue is snappy and contemporary . . . A witty and often amusing family drama."-Kirkus ReviewsKassie O'Callaghan's meticulous plans to divorce her emotionally abusive husband, Mike, and... -
The Moon Always Rising by Alice C Early 9781631526831
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €13.16In 1998, fiery Eleanor "Els" Gordon thought the new century would find her married to her childhood soul mate, rejuvenating her family's Scottish Highlands estate, and finally earning a managing... -
Finding Napoleon by Margaret Rodenberg 9781647420161
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647420161Author Margaret RodenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprin -
Blooming in Winter: The Story of a Remarkable Twentieth-Century Woman by Pam Valois 9781647421168
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €12.40When Pam Valois, a young photographer, met Jacomena Maybeck in 1979, she saw the woman she wanted to be in her own later years. Tarring roofs and splitting logs into her eighties, Jackie presided... -
All of Us Warriors: Cancer Stories of Survival and Loss by Rebecca Whitehead Munn 9781631527951
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66In All of Us Warriors, Rebecca Whitehead Munn paints a realistic picture of the impact cancer has on an individual's life, and she attempts to demystify the experience by sharing heartfelt... -
The Pale Flesh of Wood Elizabeth A Tucker 9781647428341
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.661953. WWII veteran Charles Hawkins sweet-talks his daughter, Lyla, into climbing the family's oak tree and hanging the rope for their tire swing. Eager, Lyla crawls along the branch and ties off a... -
Friday in Napa: A Novel by Jennifer Hamm 9781647425296
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.40Vene feels like she and her mother have always been at odds-since she was a child, the first word she used to describe Olivia was "cold." When news of her mother's imminent death comes, Vene returns... -
No One Else I'd Rather Be Aimee Kaufman 9781647428280
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66Thank you for always loving me, Aimee Kaufman's daughter, Sam, wrote in a Mother's Day card at twenty-two years old. Reading those words, Aimee knew she'd been right to follow her heart throughout... -
Return of the Evening Star: Book 2 in Silver Mountain Series by Diane Rios 9781631525452
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €13.16A mysterious hospital deep in the Oregon woods is sending marauding ambulances into the countryside, looking for new patients. Mowing down anything in their path, the deadly ambulance drivers have... -
The Location Shoot: A Novel by Patricia Leavy 9781647425678
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.40Controversial filmmaker Jean Mercier is shooting a film on location in Sweden. While spending the summer creating his latest work of cinematic art, he lives in a nearby inn with his lead actors:... -
Kinda Korean: Stories from an American Life Joan Sung 9781647428426
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66In this courageous memoir of parental love, intergenerational trauma, and perseverance, Joan Sung breaks the generational silence that curses her family. By intentionally overcoming the stereotype... -
About the Carleton Sisters: A Novel by Dian Greenwood
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.40A Las Vegas showgirl, a diner waitress, and a heartbroken alcoholic - three sisters - are called into an obligatory reunion in California's Central Valley in the late 1990s as a prelude to their... -
Justice is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for RBG by Leslie Karst
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €15.21"The book is a romp from cover to cover-and, just like a great meal, left me ready for more." -Karen Shimizu, Executive Editor, Food & WineWhen Leslie Karst learned that her offer to cook dinner for... -
The Empty Bowl: Pursuing Truth in a Messy World Rikki West 9781647428228
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66Rikki West's tale begins with her Catholic childhood in a Chicago suburb. As a little girl, she prays for her drunk father, begging God not to send him to hell. As a rebellious adolescent, she... -
Moments of Knowing: A Memoir Mary Helen Fein 9781647428624
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.95Born into the baby boomer generation, Mary Helen Fein's values and choices often typified the time. At age five, she identified what she calls 'Moments of knowing': moments of knowing more about love... -
Portrait of a Feminist: A Memoir in Essays Marianna Marlowe 9781647427528
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66Through braided memories that flash against the present day, Portrait of a Feminist depicts the evolution of Marianna Marlowe's identity as a biracial and multicultural woman - from her childhood in... -
Driving Home Naked: And Other Misadventures of a Country Veterinarian by Melinda G. McCall 9781647425173
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.40Have you ever driven home from work wearing nothing but a pair of rubber boots? For Dr. Melinda McCall, a large animal veterinarian in rural Virginia, this is living the dream. Caring for cattle,... -
Unsexed: Memoirs of a Prostitute's Daughter Marina DelVecchio 9781647426941
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.02Unsexed examines the role that sex plays in the life of one woman with two mothers who introduce her to polarized frameworks of female sexuality. Born in Greece to a violent prostitute and then... -
The Convention of Wives: A Novel by Debra Green
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.95Dina and Julia first meet at a surgical convention and bond over frustrations with their husbands' demanding schedules. But geography, time, and growing families make maintaining their friendship... -
Watching Sarah Rise: A Journey of Thriving with Autism Jennifer Celeste Briggs 9781647428242
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €11.75Families who have supported a child with special needs will connect with this memoir about Sarah, a feisty girl with autism and a unique genetic blueprint. Her mom, Jenny, is equally feisty and... -
Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir Lisa Cheek 9781647427283
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66Lisa Cheek loved editing TV commercials - almost as much as she loved her dog, Ron Howard. Then, she 'aged out' of advertising, at 45. After being let go, Lisa got a call - at 2:45 AM - from a... -
Freedom Lessons by Eileen Harrison Sanchez
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €12.60Told alternately, by Colleen, an idealistic young white teacher; Frank, a black high school football player; and Evelyn, an experienced black teacher, Freedom Lessons is the story of how the lives of... -
The Girl with Three Birthdays: An Adopted Daughter’s Memoir of Tiaras, Tough Truths, and Tall Tales by Patti Eddington 9781647426507
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €11.64Patti Eddington always knew she was adopted, and her beloved parents seemed amenable enough to questions - but she never wanted to hurt them by expressing curiosity, so she didn't. The story of her... -
For a Good Time: Surviving Sex Work and Addiction to Become the Mother I Was Meant to Be by Patty Tierney
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €9.58It's 1953 in Southern California, Patty is five years old, and her mother hasn't been home in two days. A police officer eventually arrives and takes Patty and her brothers to juvenile hall-their... -
Ice Out: A Novel by Susan Speranza
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €9.58Francesca Bodin has a near-perfect life as an accomplished music teacher and professional flutist living in the Vermont countryside with her husband Ben, and their four-year old daughter, Addie. This... -
Night of the Hawk: Poems by Lauren Martin 9781647426583
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €11.64When I have wandered long enough what am I still beholden to? Ifa. Nature. Illness. Love. Loss. Misogyny. Aging. Africa. Our wounded planet. In this sweeping yet intensely personal collection, Lauren... -
Dancing into the Light: An Arab American Girlhood in the Middle East by Kathryn Abdul-Baki 9781647425371
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.40Set against the backdrop of the early American presence in Iran under the Shah, and the burgeoning years of Kuwait's early oil boom, Dancing into the Light is Kathryn Abdul-Baki's memoir of growing... -
Dancing on Coals: A Memoir of an Overperformer Cynthia Moore 9781647428563
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66In Dancing on Coals, Cynthia Moore describes a multi-decade, harebrained search for love in all the wrong places, starting when her narcissistic mother abandons her to a Swiss finishing school... -
Unlocking: A Memoir of Family and Art by Nancy L Pressly 9781631528620
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €12.88While recovering from a near fatal illness, Nancy Pressly discovers a treasure trove of family material stored in her attic. Haunted by images of her grandparents and her parents in their youth, she... -
Unruly Human Hearts Barbara Southard 9781647428303
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €12.66Elizabeth Tilton, a devout housewife, shares liberal ideals with her husband, Theodore Tilton, and their pastor and close friend Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, both influential reformers of the...