They Cage the Animals at Night
by Jennings Michael Burch | 
The Lost Boy
by Dave Pelzer | 
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi | 
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom | 
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah | 
Educated
by Tara Westover | 
Half Broke Horses
by Jeannette Walls | 
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller | 
Happy, Happy, Happy
by Phil Robertson | 
The Apology
by Eve Ensler | 
Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder | 
Gifted Hands
by Ben Carson | 
The Girl with Seven Names
by Hyeonseo Lee | 
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion | 
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
by Jean-Dominique Bauby | 
Howard Stern Comes Again
by Howard Stern | 
Orange Is the New Black
by Piper Kerman | 
Lucky
by Alice Sebold | 
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey | 
The Rainbow Comes and Goes
by Anderson Cooper |
Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system and intermittent homelessness in the shadows of Manhattan and the Hamptons.