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Lauren Hough struggled to adjust after escaping a doomsday cult. "There's an aspect of trauma that's hard to explain," she says. "It's exhausting to be scared all of the time. That anxiety just starts to weigh on you." Karl Poss IV/Knopf Doubleday hide caption
After Growing Up In A Cult, Lauren Hough Freed Herself By Writing The Truth
Missing Travel? This 'Irreverent Guide' Visits Anthony Bourdain's Favorite Places
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner Knopf hide caption
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, says her immigrant journey, detailed in a new memoir, has driven her to "stand up to bullies." Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Making of Biblical Womanhood, by Beth Allison Barr Brazos Press hide caption
'The Making Of Biblical Womanhood' Tackles Contradictions In Religious Practice
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays, Lauren Hough Vintage hide caption
Tufts University became the first major university to strip the Sackler name from its buildings in 2019. Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption
Journalist Investigates 'Crime Story' Of The Sackler Family And The Opioid Crisis
'The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev' Is A Faux Music History That Rocks
I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope, by Valerie Gilpeer and Emily Grodin. William Morrow hide caption
Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz includes a child's account of crossing the Rio Grande. (Excerpted from Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz. Foreword by Michael Garcia Bochenek; Compiled by Warren Binford; Workman Publishing. Copyright 2021.) Adriana Campos/Workman Publishing hide caption
John Boehner, pictured in 2016, was speaker of the House during the Obama presidency. He says he sometimes went along with things he personally opposed because it was what members of his party wanted. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
In Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice, 1967-1975, Thompson looks back on difficult memories that turned into familiar songs. Paul Morigi/Getty Images hide caption
In 'Beeswing,' Richard Thompson Revisits A Big Life Just Shy Of The Mainstream
On the House: A Washington Memoir, John Boehner St. Martin's Press hide caption
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe Doubleday hide caption
Cookbook author Reem Kassis says that many foods that are considered Middle Eastern or Israeli actually originated as Palestinian dishes. Dan Perez/Phaidon Press hide caption
For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'
