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suggest a good non-fiction??

stub20000

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hi, my girlfriend really likes non fiction books about struggles with life or abuse, things like that (she is a carer, comes with the job i think, lol) i would love to get her a book for valentines day, but dont have any ideas

she is reading a piece of cake by cupcake brown just now, hope that helps with any suggestions as to the type of books she reads


thanks in advance
 
I really liked "2 Lives," by Vikram Seth. It is a non-fiction book about his uncle, who was Indian and moved to Germany just before Hitler came to power, and his aunt, who was a German and a Jew. They met while his uncle was a student in Germany, but didn't get married until years later in England. It tells the story of how they survived the war, and also of how their relationships with friends and family changed during and after the war. I don't normally like non-fiction, but thought this was a really good book and gave an interesting perspective on WW2.
 
Sorry, just thought of 2 more. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs and A Million Little Pieces by James Frey are (debatable) non-fiction, both having to do with life's struggles. Frey's book is about overcoming addiction, and is a bit disgusting at times. Burroughs writes about his slightly crazy, completely narcissistic mother, and her equally nutty psychiatrist & his family.

There's been some scandal over the 2, and parts of each have been proven to be fictionalized, but they are both really good. Running With Scissors is also downright hilarious at times.
 
I suggest There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz. It's about two brothers growing up in the gang infested area of Chicago's West Side. The title is from a comment by the boy's mother - "There are no children here, they've seen too much to be children."
 
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