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What is the best biographical book that you have read? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 4 months ago by Babalugats to c/asklemmy

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[–] norimee 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I can think of a few that I would want others to read. None of them are "feel good" stories and all get you out of your comfort zone a bit.

"Know my Name" by Chanel Miller.

about how being assaulted by Brook Allen Turner behind a dumpster at Stanfort University changed and impacted her life.

"The White Rose: Munich 1942-1943" by Inge Scholl

about Hans and Sophie Scholl and their student resistance group 'Die weisse Rose', their arrest and execution by the Nazi regime.

"I Am a Girl From Africa" by Elizabeth Nyamayaro

Humanitarian and award-winning Activist, about her journey from a starving child in Zimbabwe, saved by a UN aid worker, to executive director for UN Women.