My fave 5 in Non-fiction

I should first preface this blog with the fact that I LOVE TO READ. My new found love and one piece of electronics that I cannot leave home without is my amazing new Kindle. It is all my brain craves wrapped up into one...my gossip magazines, crosswords, brain teasers, books, newspapers, journals, the list could go on and on! In every room in my home you will find a bookshelf full of books I have read over the years. (did I mention I have kept every book I have read since college) and as you can imagine, they have taken over my house. When I told Daniel I wanted a Kindle for Christmas, so I could spare the last little bit of our home for items other than books, he was more than happy to fully the NEED, and yes, I mean need...not want! :) So I have decided to blog about my FAVE 5 in Non-fiction, as this is my favorite catagory in books.

If you are anything like me, and love a good book that is actually a true story based on someone's life, trials, tribulations, achievements, etc. or in general just enjoy reading about someone's elses problems to avoid your own, then any of these books is the book for you.

1. Mistaken Identity by By Don Van Ryn, Susie Van Ryn, Whitney Cerak, Colleen Cerak, Mark Tabb
Meet Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak: one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma and being cared for by the wrong family.This shocking case of mistaken identity stunned the country and made national news. Would it destroy a family? Shatter their faith? Push two families into bitterness, resentment, and guilt?Read this unprecedented story of two traumatized families who describe their ordeal and explore the bond sustaining and uniting them as they deal with their bizarre reversal of life lost and life found.

2. My Lobotomy by Howard Dully and Charles Fleming
At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy, rambunctious with his brothers, contrary just to prove a point, and perpetually at odds with his parents. Yet somehow, this normal boy became one of the youngest people on whom Dr. Walter Freeman performed his barbaric transorbital—or ice pick—lobotomy.Abandoned by his family within a year of the surgery, Howard spent his teen years in mental institutions, his twenties in jail, and his thirties in a bottle. It wasn’t until he was in his forties that Howard began to pull his life together. But even as he began to live the “normal” life he had been denied, Howard struggled with one question: Why?

3. Eat, Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali.

4. Mother Warriors by Jenny McCarthy
A MOTHER WARRIOR IS . . .a mother who hears there is no hope for her child and, instead of retreating and mourning, breaks down walls, weaves her way through obstacles, follows her intuition even when people tell her she is crazy. She is a mother who believes in hope.

5. Beautiful Boy- A father's journey through his son's addition by David Sheff
What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first subtle warning signs: the denial, the 3 A.M. phone calls (is it Nic? the police? the hospital?), the rehabs.

Happy Reading,
Meagan