Books like Hypocrite in a pouffy white dress by Susan Jane Gilman

Amy Poehler’s memoir‑essay collection blends humor, candid anecdotes, and poetic reflections on acting, comedy, and womanhood, offering an intimate look at her creative life.

Teenager Frank lives in a remote Scottish village with his eccentric father; after his mother leaves, his brother Eric is locked in a psychiatric hospital. When Eric escapes, Frank must face his past, confronting violence and the mysteries surrounding their family.

Tina Fey’s memoir blends sharp wit with personal anecdotes, charting her rise from Pennsylvania to Saturday Night Live fame while offering candid insights into comedy, gender dynamics, and the juggling act of fame and family.

A humor‑filled memoir by Mindy Kaling that sketches her quirky journey from child of immigrants to Hollywood comedy writer, sharing witty observations on friendship, romance, and the absurdities of fame.

Haven Kimmel’s memoir, "A Girl Named Zippy," chronicles life in 1960s Mooreland, Indiana, blending humor and keen observation of small‑town customs as a spirited girl‑turned‑woman.

Amy Schumer’s new memoir blends sharp humor with candid reflections on her teenage years, family, relationships, and sexuality, revealing the moments that forged her bold, stand‑up comedian persona.

Beverly Donofrio’s biography chronicles her teenage life in the 1960s—rebellion, car rides, early motherhood, and a denied college admission—leading eventually to marriage, divorce, and enrollment at an elite New England university, exploring the clash between individuality and societal expectations.

A true biography of Beverly Cleary, the beloved American author whose books like Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby captured childhood life in Oregon.

Koren Zailckas' harrowing memoir uncovers the rise of binge drinking among young women, from experimentation to habitual abuse.

A romance novel by Janet Dailey.

When rock and roll was transforming American culture in the 1950s and '60s, East Harlem pulsed with the sounds of mambo and merengue. Instead of Elvis and the Beatles, Marta Moreno Vega grew up worshipping Celia Cruz, Mario Bauza, and Arsenio Rodriguez. Their music could be heard on every radio in El Barrio and from the main stage at the legendary Palladium, where every weekend working-class kids dressed in their sharpest suits and highest heels and became mambo kings and queens. Spanish Harlem was a vibrant and dynamic world, but it was also a place of constant change, where the traditions of Puerto Rican parents clashed with their children's American ideals.A precocious little girl with wildly curly hair, Marta was the baby of the family and the favorite of her elderly abuela, who lived in the apartment down the hall. Abuela Luisa was the spiritual center of the family, an espiritista who smoked cigars and honored the Afro-Caribbean deities who had always protected their family. But it was Marta's brother, Chachito, who taught her the latest dance steps and called her from the pay phone at the Palladium at night so she could listen, huddled beneath the bedcovers, to the seductive rhythms of Tito Puente and his orchestra.In this luminous and lively memoir, Marta Moreno Vega calls forth the spirit of Puerto Rican New York and the music, mysticism, and traditions of a remarkable and quintessentially American childhood."Viva Marta Moreno Vega! With honesty, humor, and love, she relives her coming-of-age in Spanish Harlem--the highs and the lows--eloquently documenting how deeply rooted West African cultural traditions are in her rich Puerto Rican heritage. Marta Vega's memoir makes me want to mambo." --Susan Taylor, editorial director of Essence and author of Lessons in LivingFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

Inspired by the deaf Thomas Edison, this biography shows how a young man with a disability turned into America's greatest inventor.

A discarded red‑leather diary from 1930s New York is rescued by Lily Koppel, who uncovers the life of its teenage author, Florence Wolfson, and revives a forgotten era of glamour and intellectual curiosity.

Child of the Jungle chronicles Sabine Kuegler’s extraordinary childhood spent among the Fayu tribe of Papua New Guinea, before she returned to Switzerland for schooling and grappled with the clash between jungle life and Western civilization.

Jerramy Sage Fine’s true story of a small‑town girl with a lifelong dream of finding love with an English prince, and the humorous adventures that follow as she pursues that fantasy from Colorado to London.