Books like Decca by Jessica Mitford

Ruth Reichl shares her culinary journey, interweaving vivid food descriptions with recipes as she recounts her life as a celebrated restaurant critic.

A heart‑felt series of letters from a quadriplegic grandfather to his autistic grandson, offering practical advice and wisdom on parenthood, bullying, love, and loss.

Explores the psychopathology of journalism.

A father's testimony of his teenage son's courageous struggle against a brain tumor over fifteen months.

An autobiographical narrative in which Woody Guthrie recounts his life and offers a vivid portrait of the American Depression, drawing on his own experiences as a folk singer and composer.

A compelling exploration of mental health, gender, and institutionalization, blending journalism and psychological insights with the author's harrowing personal story of living as a man.

A New York Times bestseller that follows the life of American actress Meghan Markle, charting her early years, acting career, humanitarian efforts, and her marriage to Prince Harry.

Two London sisters use opera, wit, and courage to rescue dozens of Jews from Nazi persecution during World War II, turning ordinary lives into extraordinary acts of bravery and compassion.

Retelling of Roxana Shirazi’s journey from Iran to the frontlines of rock concerts, where she becomes a groupie for bands such as Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crew.

The tragic story of Sharon Hamilton's sister who disappeared in 1991 and whose body was not found until almost seventeen years later.God only knows what fate befell Vicky after, cold and alone at that bus stop, she accepted a lift home. I don't want to imagine what she went through. It's just too painful. To think of my beautiful Vicky lying alone, buried in a garden four hundred miles away from home just crushed me. In a strange way I think the fact she was found at the other end of the country made it worse. On her own for nearly seventeen years.'On 10 February 1991 schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton left her sister Sharon's flat to catch the bus home. Her family never saw her alive again. Almost seventeen years later her remains were discovered buried in a garden four hundred miles from home by police looking for another teenager. In the years after her disappearance, Vicky Hamilton's fate had captured the public's imagination. It was front page news for months, and a major publicity campaign resulted in a number of sightings in London. Her purse was found, discarded and empty, in an Edinburgh bus station, and hopes were raised ... and then dashed. Police even talked to psychics in their efforts to find her. It was to become Britain's longest-running juvenile missing person inquiry - and Sharon was at the forefront of every lead and effort.In this loving memoir, for the first time, Sharon tells the full story of the difficult years since Vicky's disappearance. She writes touchingly about their childhood and movingly of how the family coped when, tragically, two years after Vicky's disappearance, their mother died and, though barely out of her teens herself, Sharon decided to bring up her two other young siblings alone.The search for Vicky is now over. And finally justice has been done. Only now can Sharon begin to grieve for the loving, vibrant sister that went missing all those years ago.

Germaine Greer revisits the neglected life of Ann Hathaway, William Shakespeare’s wife, using historical documents and literary analysis to reconstruct her story and challenge long‑standing assumptions about her role in Elizabethan society.

A nonfiction account by Elizabeth Hayt that examines modern women's sexual experiences and relationships.

Kathleen Feeley's biography of Mary Pickford traces her journey from stage child to Hollywood icon, showing how she shaped and was shaped by the rise of industrial capitalism, consumer culture, and the evolving role of women in early 20th‑century America.