Books like Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams

In "Prodigal Summer," Barbara Kingsolver weaves the lives of three women in southern Appalachia, exploring farm life, wildlife management, and the strength of the human spirit amid rural challenges.

Lucy Grealy recounts twenty years of living with a disfigured jaw and over thirty reconstructive surgeries, exploring how society’s obsession with beauty shapes self‑image and the ultimate discovery that true worth lies within.

A landmark environmental work that blends keen observations of Wisconsin’s seasonal landscape with a broader philosophical critique of wildlife conservation.

A candid memoir where Jennifer Hayden turns her breast cancer experience into an intimate exploration of identity, family, and resilience, charting personal history from early hopes to the transformative journey after mastectomy.

"To whom do we offer refuge -- and why? After a life that rubbed up against the century's great events in New York City, Mexico, and Montreal, 96-year-old Cassandra MacCallum is surviving well enough, alone on her island, when a young Burmese woman contacts her, claiming to be kin. Curiosity, loneliness, and a slender filament of hope prompts the old woman to accept a visit. But Nang's story of torture and flight provokes memories in Cass that peel back, layer by layer, the events that brought her to this moment -- and forces her, against her will, to confront the tragedy she has refused for half a century. What does she owe this girl, who claims to be stateless because of her MacCallum blood? Drawn, despite herself, into Nang's search for refuge, Cass struggles to accept the past and find a way into whatever future remains to her"--Amazon.com

Three years ago, Jill had everything, a thriving career, loving family, lavish house, horse farm and a loving husband: Charles Bronson. Until she went to have a routine examination and was diagnosed with cancer.

A graphic memoir in which cartoonist Miriam Engelberg humorously chronicles her battle with breast cancer.