I'm Glad My Mom Died

Gates, Bill

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age"A surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul's early years...Reading this book feels like watching someone take a well-known black-and-white sketch, fill in the details, and paint it in vivid color." —GeekWireEveryone is...

Hopkins, Anthony

A Summit book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. ...

Atwood, Margaret

How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from the author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures. 'Every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not...

Michael J. Fox / Nelle Fortenberry

A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. An amazing true story as only Michael J. Fox can tell itIn early 1985, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars on television. His world was about to get even bigger, but only if he cou...

Saeed Teebi

A vital, fearless memoir explores what it means to be a Palestinian in this moment, the effects of the genocide on Palestinian art and imagination, and that to even claim a belonging to the land from a country thousands of miles away is an act of subversion—a book that Omar El Akkad says "so perfectly contextualizes and humanizes so much of what has led us to this awful moment,...

Roy, Arundhati

Finalist for the Kirkus Prize A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness that traces the complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, a fierce and formidable force who shaped Arundhati's life both as a woman and a writer.Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, is a soaring ac...

Mccurdy, Jennette

Llega la desgarradora e hilarante biografía de Jennette McCurdy, la estrella de iCarly y Sam & Cat, en la que narra sus dificultades como actriz infantil, sus trastornos alimentarios, sus adicciones, la complicada relación con su madre y cómo retomó el control de su vida.Jennette tenía seis años cuando fue a su primera audición. El sueño de su madre era que su única hija fuera ...

Mccurdy, Jennette

Insaciable. Cachonda. Directa. Inocente. Inteligente. Impulsiva. Solitaria. Enfadada. Tajante. Hiriente. Perspicaz. Siempre anhelante. Y lo que Waldo más anhela: el señor Korgy, su profesor de escritura creativa. Un hombre casado, con un hijo, hipoteca y facturas, sueños rotos, aspecto deteriorado y barriga. Ella no sabe por qué lo quiere. ¿Es por su pasión?...

Mccurdy, Jennette

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we'll go to in order to get what we want.Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. End...

Mccurdy, Jennette

Llega la desgarradora e hilarante biografía de Jennette McCurdy, la estrella de iCarly y Sam & Cat, en la que narra sus dificultades como actriz infantil, sus trastornos alimentarios, sus adicciones, la complicada relación con su madre y cómo retomó el control de su vida. Jennette tenía seis años cuando fue a su primera audición. El sueño de su madre era que su única hija fuera...

Mccurdy, Jennette

Llega la desgarradora e hilarante biografía de Jennette McCurdy, la estrella de iCarly y Sam & Cat, en la que narra sus dificultades como actriz infantil, sus trastornos alimentarios, sus adicciones, la complicada relación con su madre y cómo retomó el control de su vida.Jennette tenía seis años cuando fue a su primera audición. El sueño de su madre era que su única hija fuera ...

Mccurdy, Jennette

Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, "Your eyelas...