Widow'S Resilience Books | Summaries & Audio

Nora Webster

by Colm Tóibín • 2014

A widow in 1960s Ireland finds that silence, properly tended, begins to sound like music.

3.63

24k+

🧠 Psychological Realism 🖤 Widowhood 🏘️ Small Town Ireland

Nora Webster 88%

A widow in 1960s Ireland finds that silence, properly tended, begins to sound like music.

by Colm Tóibín 2014

3.63

24k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Realism 🖤 Widowhood 🏘️ Small Town Ireland

A Widow's Story

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2011

Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.

3.76

4k+

🖤 Spousal Loss 📖 Bereavement Memoir ⚡ Sudden Death

A Widow's Story 88%

Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2011

3.76

4k+ ratings

🖤 Spousal Loss 📖 Bereavement Memoir ⚡ Sudden Death

The Garden of Small Beginnings

by Abbi Waxman • 2017

A widowed illustrator takes a gardening class and harvests an unexpected second chance at love.

3.92

25k+

🌱 Starting Over After Loss 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Widow Romance

The Garden of Small Beginnings 87%

A widowed illustrator takes a gardening class and harvests an unexpected second chance at love.

by Abbi Waxman 2017

3.92

25k+ ratings

🌱 Starting Over After Loss 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Widow Romance

So Long a Letter

by Mariama Bâ • 1980

Her husband dead, a Senegalese widow writes one long letter, untangling years of love and betrayal.

4.00

13k+

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌍 Postcolonial Fiction 💔 Polygamy

So Long a Letter 87%

Her husband dead, a Senegalese widow writes one long letter, untangling years of love and betrayal.

by Mariama Bâ 1980

4.00

13k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌍 Postcolonial Fiction 💔 Polygamy

Flying on the Inside

by Rachel Gotto • 2021

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

3.88

3k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery

Flying on the Inside 87%

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

by Rachel Gotto 2021

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery

Someday, Maybe

by Onyi Nwabineli • 2022

After her husband's suicide, Eve must endure his mother's blame and an unexpected pregnancy.

3.88

15k+

💔 Suicide Aftermath 🖤 Sudden Widowhood ⚔️ Mother-In-Law Tension

Someday, Maybe 87%

After her husband's suicide, Eve must endure his mother's blame and an unexpected pregnancy.

by Onyi Nwabineli 2022

3.88

15k+ ratings

💔 Suicide Aftermath 🖤 Sudden Widowhood ⚔️ Mother-In-Law Tension

In Search of Silence

by Poorna Bell • 2019

A widow quit the life script. In silence, she found what she actually wanted.

4.03

425

🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🌏 Travel Memoirs 📜 Societal Scripts

In Search of Silence 87%

A widow quit the life script. In silence, she found what she actually wanted.

by Poorna Bell 2019

4.03

425 ratings

🕯️ Grief Memoirs 🌏 Travel Memoirs 📜 Societal Scripts

El hombre semen

by Violette Ailhaud • 2015

Purged of men, a Provençal village of widows swears to share the first man who arrives.

3.67

1k+

✊ Feminist Historical 🇫🇷 19th Century France 🔗 Shared Husband Pact

El hombre semen 87%

Purged of men, a Provençal village of widows swears to share the first man who arrives.

by Violette Ailhaud 2015

3.67

1k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Historical 🇫🇷 19th Century France 🔗 Shared Husband Pact

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon

by Matthew Norman • 2025

A widow and a widower, tricked together for the holidays, discover that love deserves a sequel.

4.26

29k+

👫 Widow Romance 🎬 Holiday Movie Marathon 🖤 Grief Bonding

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon Summary

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon 87%

A widow and a widower, tricked together for the holidays, discover that love deserves a sequel.

by Matthew Norman 2025

4.26

29k+ ratings

👫 Widow Romance 🎬 Holiday Movie Marathon 🖤 Grief Bonding

LeaderShift

by Orrin Woodward • 2013

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

4.39

1k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds

LeaderShift 87%

Divorced at fifty, a writer navigates dating apps, younger men, and the cost of staying visible.

by Orrin Woodward 2013

4.39

1k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 💔 Divorce Recovery 👯 Female Friendship Bonds

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

by Jessica Waite • 2024

Her husband died without warning. Then his phone revealed the stranger she'd been married to.

3.53

4k+

🪦 Grief Memoirs 🖤 Widowhood 💔 Infidelity

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards Summary

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards 87%

Her husband died without warning. Then his phone revealed the stranger she'd been married to.

by Jessica Waite 2024

3.53

4k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoirs 🖤 Widowhood 💔 Infidelity

AMERN WIFE

by Taya Kyle • 2015

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

4.27

5k+

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood

AMERN WIFE 87%

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

by Taya Kyle 2015

4.27

5k+ ratings

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood

Resilient Grieving

by Lucy Hone • 2024

Resilience after loss is not a character trait. It's a skill set, and it's teachable.

4.29

861

🕊️ Bereavement Support 🧠 Resilience Science 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Resilient Grieving 87%

Resilience after loss is not a character trait. It's a skill set, and it's teachable.

by Lucy Hone 2024

4.29

861 ratings

🕊️ Bereavement Support 🧠 Resilience Science 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

The Second Time Around

by Mary Beesley • 2023

A widow nannies for a wealthy widower but can't resist his thirty-year-old son.

3.96

647

🖤 Widow Finds Love 💕 Reverse Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

The Second Time Around 87%

A widow nannies for a wealthy widower but can't resist his thirty-year-old son.

by Mary Beesley 2023

3.96

647 ratings

🖤 Widow Finds Love 💕 Reverse Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Life After Suicide

by Jennifer Ashton • 2019

A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.

3.83

934

🖤 Suicide Loss 📖 Grief Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

Life After Suicide 87%

A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.

by Jennifer Ashton 2019

3.83

934 ratings

🖤 Suicide Loss 📖 Grief Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

What Eden Did Next

by Sheila O'Flanagan • 2022

A widow and her childhood best friend, both raising daughters alone, reconnect. Her in-laws object.

4.04

2k+

🖤 Widow Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance

What Eden Did Next 86%

A widow and her childhood best friend, both raising daughters alone, reconnect. Her in-laws object.

by Sheila O'Flanagan 2022

4.04

2k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance

Gracie Harris Is Under Construction

by Kate Hash • 2025

Famous for grief, a widow escapes to a small town where a contractor rebuilds her heart.

4.07

2k+

🖤 Widow Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance

Gracie Harris Is Under Construction Summary

Gracie Harris Is Under Construction 86%

Famous for grief, a widow escapes to a small town where a contractor rebuilds her heart.

by Kate Hash 2025

4.07

2k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance

The Name of the World

by Denis Johnson • 2000

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

3.55

3k+

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

The Name of the World 86%

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

by Denis Johnson 2000

3.55

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Pedra de tartera

by Maria Barbal • 1985

The aunt expected housework; the hills demanded everything, and the war took what remained.

3.90

1k+

⚔️ Spanish Civil War Fiction 🏔️ Rural Catalonia 👩‍🌾 Rural Womanhood

Pedra de tartera 86%

The aunt expected housework; the hills demanded everything, and the war took what remained.

by Maria Barbal 1985

3.90

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Spanish Civil War Fiction 🏔️ Rural Catalonia 👩‍🌾 Rural Womanhood

Hero

by Lauren Rowe • 2018

A widow vowed to never love again, then fell for the firefighter assigned to her care.

3.93

18k+

🚒 Firefighter Romance 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Parent Romance

Hero 86%

A widow vowed to never love again, then fell for the firefighter assigned to her care.

by Lauren Rowe 2018

3.93

18k+ ratings

🚒 Firefighter Romance 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Parent Romance

Honor

by Danielle Baker • 2026

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

4.11

23k+

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance

Honor 86%

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

by Danielle Baker 2026

4.11

23k+ ratings

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance

One Long Weekend

by Shari Low • 2024

An Instagram plea for lost rings draws four strangers into a life-changing weekend in Glasgow.

4.44

15k+

🫂 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 🕸️ Interwoven Lives

One Long Weekend 86%

An Instagram plea for lost rings draws four strangers into a life-changing weekend in Glasgow.

by Shari Low 2024

4.44

15k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 🕸️ Interwoven Lives

The Radium Girls

by Kate Moore • 2016

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

4.16

190k+

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life

The Radium Girls 86%

She taught in dugouts, flew biplanes, ranched 180,000 acres. Nothing broke her.

by Kate Moore 2016

4.16

190k+ ratings

🏜️ Pioneer Women 🏔️ American West 🏡 Frontier Life

Option B

by Sheryl Sandberg • 2017

The three traps that keep you stuck after loss, and how growth can follow grief.

3.84

57k+

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🧱 Building Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Option B 86%

The three traps that keep you stuck after loss, and how growth can follow grief.

by Sheryl Sandberg 2017

3.84

57k+ ratings

🕯️ Grief And Loss 🧱 Building Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Blind Curves

by Linda Crill • 2013

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

3.62

149

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys

Blind Curves 86%

At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.

by Linda Crill 2013

3.62

149 ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🎬 Second Acts 🌱 Grief Journeys

The Lessons of Love

by Melody Beattie • 2013

Her son died. She said yes to a marriage she knew would fail. It saved her.

4.02

257

🕊️ Parental Grief 📖 Grief Memoirs 🌱 Healing After Loss

The Lessons of Love 86%

Her son died. She said yes to a marriage she knew would fail. It saved her.

by Melody Beattie 2013

4.02

257 ratings

🕊️ Parental Grief 📖 Grief Memoirs 🌱 Healing After Loss

The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion • 2005

Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.

3.93

308k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 📖 Literary Memoir 💔 Sudden Loss

The Year of Magical Thinking 86%

Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.

by Joan Didion 2005

3.93

308k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 📖 Literary Memoir 💔 Sudden Loss

The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth

by Barbara O'Neal • 2025

Two women fleeing the past follow a dead mother's letters around the world, seeking second chances.

4.35

16k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Found Family ✉️ Letters From The Dead

The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth Summary

The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth 86%

Two women fleeing the past follow a dead mother's letters around the world, seeking second chances.

by Barbara O'Neal 2025

4.35

16k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Found Family ✉️ Letters From The Dead

The Sex Education of M.E.

by L.B. Dunbar • 2016

A widow ventures onto a dating app and meets a magnetic man whose offer is strictly physical.

4.25

2k+

🐻 Mature Romance 👩‍❤️‍👨 Widow Finds Love 🍷 Casual Intimacy

The Sex Education of M.E. 86%

A widow ventures onto a dating app and meets a magnetic man whose offer is strictly physical.

by L.B. Dunbar 2016

4.25

2k+ ratings

🐻 Mature Romance 👩‍❤️‍👨 Widow Finds Love 🍷 Casual Intimacy

Didn't See That Coming

by Rachel Hollis • 2020

Pain is mandatory. Suffering is negotiable. How to rebuild when everything collapses.

3.64

18k+

🩹 Crisis Recovery 💪 Emotional Resilience 🕊️ Life After Loss

Didn't See That Coming 86%

Pain is mandatory. Suffering is negotiable. How to rebuild when everything collapses.

by Rachel Hollis 2020

3.64

18k+ ratings

🩹 Crisis Recovery 💪 Emotional Resilience 🕊️ Life After Loss

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis • 1961

A believer's unsparing grief journal: God is absent, memory lies, and platitudes make it worse.

4.22

98k+

🖤 Spousal Bereavement 🕊️ Widowhood 📓 Grief Journals

A Grief Observed 86%

A believer's unsparing grief journal: God is absent, memory lies, and platitudes make it worse.

by C.S. Lewis 1961

4.22

98k+ ratings

🖤 Spousal Bereavement 🕊️ Widowhood 📓 Grief Journals

Two-Part Invention

by Madeleine L'Engle • 1988

Forty years of marriage, two artists, one old farmhouse: a widow's reckoning with love and loss.

4.24

4k+

📖 Literary Memoir 💍 Marriage Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir

Two-Part Invention 86%

Forty years of marriage, two artists, one old farmhouse: a widow's reckoning with love and loss.

by Madeleine L'Engle 1988

4.24

4k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir 💍 Marriage Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir

The Fear Factory

by Richard Fenton • 2011

After twenty years of pleasantries, a woman learns her mother-in-law's secrets as death closes in.

4.24

🧭 Narrative Self-Help 📖 Family Memoir 👩‍👦 In-Law Dynamics

The Fear Factory 86%

After twenty years of pleasantries, a woman learns her mother-in-law's secrets as death closes in.

by Richard Fenton 2011

4.24

50 ratings

🧭 Narrative Self-Help 📖 Family Memoir 👩‍👦 In-Law Dynamics

If You're Happy

by Fiona Robertson • 2022

Sixteen stories of ordinary people who keep choosing happiness after life has broken their hearts.

4.27

138

🔗 Interconnected Stories 📖 Literary Realism 💔 Grief And Healing

If You're Happy 86%

Sixteen stories of ordinary people who keep choosing happiness after life has broken their hearts.

by Fiona Robertson 2022

4.27

138 ratings

🔗 Interconnected Stories 📖 Literary Realism 💔 Grief And Healing

Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh • 1955

What a week alone by the shore reveals about love, simplicity, and life after midlife.

4.13

57k+

📝 Meditative Memoir 🏝️ Solitude 🏡 Voluntary Simplicity

Gift from the Sea 86%

What a week alone by the shore reveals about love, simplicity, and life after midlife.

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1955

4.13

57k+ ratings

📝 Meditative Memoir 🏝️ Solitude 🏡 Voluntary Simplicity

I Don't Love You Anymore

by Rithvik Singh • 2024

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

3.86

3k+

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey

I Don't Love You Anymore 86%

A poetic voice traces the path from goodbye to the quiet discovery of wholeness within.

by Rithvik Singh 2024

3.86

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Self-Help 💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🌸 Self-Love Journey

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

A Search for Purple Cows 86%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

Evidence of the Affair

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2018

After discovering their spouses' affair, two strangers exchange letters that become a lifeline.

3.85

238k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 💔 Emotional Affair 😢 Bittersweet Ending

Evidence of the Affair 86%

After discovering their spouses' affair, two strangers exchange letters that become a lifeline.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2018

3.85

238k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 💔 Emotional Affair 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Secrets of Flowers

by Sally Page • 2024

Grieving scientist trades her lab for a flower shop, then chases the Titanic’s florist.

3.98

7k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🌸 Flower Arranging

The Secrets of Flowers 86%

Grieving scientist trades her lab for a flower shop, then chases the Titanic’s florist.

by Sally Page 2024

3.98

7k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🌸 Flower Arranging

Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2020

After her son dies of plague, her husband writes Hamlet and buries his grief on stage.

4.21

437k+

🏰 Elizabethan England 📜 Shakespearean Fiction 🦠 Plague Narrative

Hamnet 86%

After her son dies of plague, her husband writes Hamlet and buries his grief on stage.

by Maggie O'Farrell 2020

4.21

437k+ ratings

🏰 Elizabethan England 📜 Shakespearean Fiction 🦠 Plague Narrative

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers

by Barry J. Jacobs • 2006

The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.

3.93

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 💪 Emotional Resilience

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers Summary

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers 86%

The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.

by Barry J. Jacobs 2006

3.93

57 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 💪 Emotional Resilience

Two Old Women

by Velma Wallis • 1993

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

4.09

19k+

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family

Two Old Women 86%

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

by Velma Wallis 1993

4.09

19k+ ratings

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family

The Wrong Heart

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

4.41

28k+

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding

The Wrong Heart 86%

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.41

28k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

First Comes Love 86%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

And Never Stop Dancing

by Gordon Livingston • 2006

Thirty blunt truths: why anger hides sadness, forgiveness heals the giver, and passivity is a trap.

3.75

505

🏛️ Stoic Resilience 🎭 Self-Deception 🕊️ Forgiveness

And Never Stop Dancing 86%

Thirty blunt truths: why anger hides sadness, forgiveness heals the giver, and passivity is a trap.

by Gordon Livingston 2006

3.75

505 ratings

🏛️ Stoic Resilience 🎭 Self-Deception 🕊️ Forgiveness

For You

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2023

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

4.61

2k+

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss

For You 86%

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2023

4.61

2k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss

We All Live Here

by Jojo Moyes • 2025

Grieving her mother and her marriage, a writer's chaos deepens when her estranged father reappears.

3.88

122k+

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 🏠 Blended Family Chaos 🧳 Prodigal Father

We All Live Here 85%

Grieving her mother and her marriage, a writer's chaos deepens when her estranged father reappears.

by Jojo Moyes 2025

3.88

122k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 🏠 Blended Family Chaos 🧳 Prodigal Father

Unbreakable

by Jenni Rivera • 2013

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

4.47

2k+

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse

Unbreakable 85%

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

by Jenni Rivera 2013

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse

The Smallest Lights in the Universe

by Sara Seager • 2020

Widowed at forty with two sons, an astrophysicist puts her grief into searching for other Earths.

4.11

3k+

🔭 Exoplanet Astronomy 💔 Grief Memoirs 👩‍🔬 Women In Science

The Smallest Lights in the Universe Summary

The Smallest Lights in the Universe 85%

Widowed at forty with two sons, an astrophysicist puts her grief into searching for other Earths.

by Sara Seager 2020

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔭 Exoplanet Astronomy 💔 Grief Memoirs 👩‍🔬 Women In Science

My Love Story

by Tina Turner • 2018

She escaped her first husband with 36 cents. Her second husband gave her a kidney.

4.18

10k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎵 R&B Legends 🛡️ Surviving Abuse

My Love Story 85%

She escaped her first husband with 36 cents. Her second husband gave her a kidney.

by Tina Turner 2018

4.18

10k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎵 R&B Legends 🛡️ Surviving Abuse

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