Memoirs & Biographies
SCRIBNER
Criminal That I Am: A Memoir by
Jennifer Ridha (May 12, hardcover, $25,
ISBN 978-1-4767-8572-1). A talented
young lawyer becomes romantically
involved with a convicted drug felon—
Cameron Douglas, son of Hollywood star
Michael Douglas—and makes a life-changing mistake when she illicitly smuggles
antianxiety medication into prison.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
A Fine Romance by Candice Bergen
(Apr. 7, hardcover, $28, ISBN 978-0-684-
80827-7). In the follow-up to Knock Wood,
Bergen shares the big events: her marriage
to French director Louis Malle; the birth
of her daughter; playing the character of
Murphy Brown; widowhood; falling in
love again; and watching her daughter
grow up and leave home.
Power Forward: My Presidential
Education by Reggie Love (Feb. 3, hardcover, $26, ISBN 978-1-4767-6334-7).
Mentored by both Coach Krzyzewski and
President Obama, Love, who worked as a
personal assistant to Senator Obama as a
candidate for president and followed him
to the White House, shares universal
insights learned in unusual circumstances.
The Story: A Reporter’s Journey by
Judith Miller (Apr. 7, hardcover, $27, ISBN
978-1-4767-1601-5). Star reporter for the
New York Times; foreign correspondent in
some of the most dangerous fields; Pulitzer
winner; longest jailed correspondent for
protecting her sources: Judith Miller turns
her reporting skills on herself with the
intensity of her professional vocation.
S&S/GALLERY
Amish Confidential by
“Lebanon” Levi Stoltzfus and
Ellis Henican (Apr. 7, hard-
cover, $25, ISBN 978-1-
5011-1030-6). The star of the
Discovery Channel’s reality
show Amish Mafia delivers a
sizzling tell-all about Amish
life today. From forbidden
joyrides to the senseless shun-
nings to colorful family feuds,
Lebanon shares his frank
insider’s view of this fascinating and secre-
tive society.
SOFT SKULL
Peaks on the Horizon: Two Journeys
in Tibet by Charlie Carroll (Feb. 10, paper,
$16.95, ISBN 978-1-61902-484-7). A
high school English teacher sets out to visit
the country that has obsessed him for 20
years while Tibetan-born Lobsang is crossing the Himalayas on foot, fleeing Tibet
with his family. In a teahouse at the border
between China and Tibet, the two men
meet and Lobsang recounts his extraordinary life story.
SOURCEBOOKS
Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir by
Melissa Cistaro (May 5, hardcover, $24.99,
ISBN 978-1-4926-1538-5). A bookseller
at San Francisco’s Book Passage explores
the complex emotional landscape of being
abandoned— her mother simply drove
away one summer— and finds answers at
her dying mother’s bedside and in a cache
of letters.
SQUARE ONE
After Woodstock: The True Story of
a Belgian Movie, an Israeli Wedding,
and a Manhattan Breakdown by Elliot
Tiber, foreword by Ang Lee (Mar. 1, hardcover, $24.95, ISBN 978-0-7570-0392-9).
Originally scheduled for last year, this new
memoir from Taking Woodstock author Tiber
chronicles a series of madcap and often
heartbreaking adventures that take him
around the world over three decades with
his lover and friend, Belgian playwright/
director Andre Ernotte. 35,000-copy
announced first printing.
ST. MARTIN’S
I Left It on the Mountain:
A Memoir by Kevin Sessums
(Feb. 24, hardcover, $25.99,
ISBN 978-0-312-59838-9).
Sessums chronicles his years
working at Interview and
Vanity Fair magazines, his
HIV positive diagnosis,
descent into addiction, and
spiritual redemption climbing
Mt. Kilimanjaro, walking the Camino de
Santiago de Compostelo, and trudging
across the cold, lonely winter beaches of
Provincetown.
A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My
Escape from North Korea by Eunsun
Kim, with Sébastien Falletti, trans. by
David Tian (July 21, hardcover, $25.99,
ISBN 978-1-250-06464-6) relates Kim’s
story of growing up in North Korea, a
country she loved despite her school field
trips to public executions and the country-wide famine that killed her father, and the
harrowing nine-year journey that finally
led her to South Korea and freedom.
ST. MARTIN’S/DUNNE
The Art Hunter: My Journey into the
World of Stolen Art by Chris Marinello
and Kris Hollington (June 1, hardcover,
$26.99, ISBN 978-1-250-05056-4). Marinello, who has devoted his life to the recovery of stolen art, reveals the criminal
intrigue, unimaginable wealth, and occasional danger that cloaks the international
trade in stolen art.
UNIV. OF TEXAS
The Best I Recall: A Memoir by Gary
Cartwright (June 1, hardcover, $27.95,
ISBN 978-0-292-74907-8). Legendary
Texas journalist Cartwright looks back at a
six-decade career that ranged from sports
writing at the Dallas Morning News to a
25-year stint as senior editor at Texas
Monthly magazine, where he covered everything from true crime to notable Texans.
VIKING
Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus
(Apr. 28, hardcover, $28.95, ISBN 978-0-
525-42765-0). Two victims of the infamous Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro
share the story of their abductions, their
decade in captivity, and their dramatic
escape, drawing upon their recollections
and the diary kept by Amanda Berry. Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post reporters Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan interweave the events within Castro’s house
with original reporting on efforts to find
the missing girls.
