Real Diaries

These captivating, all-new anonymous accounts, compiled by Alyssa Shelasky, in the style of her New York magazine column, pull back the curtain on non-monogamy, answering questions like: How does it really work? Who’s taking care of the kids? And who’s making breakfast? Featuring an...

In 2014, Mackenzie Basham dropped her little boy off at her Mother's house on a Friday night, and never returned. The following week her family saw 19-year-old Mackenzie's mug shot on the local evening news channel, she has not been home since. This is the true story of Mackenzie's mother's personal diaries to her daughter through years of her incarceration, and Mackenzie's letters written back.

The star-studded and sidesplitting follow up to The Andy Cohen Diaries. This program is read by the author. The megapopular host of Watch What Happens: Live and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise is back, better than ever, and telling stories that will keep his publicist up at...

In January of 1928 — two years before she met Clyde Barrow — a seventeen-year-old Dallas waitress named Bonnie Parker started a diary. A few pages in, the entries stop, because, she complained, nothing ever happened to her. This novel begins in that silence. There Is No Fair Country imagines the diary Bonnie kept when everything finally did — the private record behind the most famous outlaw love story in American history. It follows her from the café counter to the boy who looked at her like a compass finding north; to the Waco jail door with a smuggled pistol under her dress; ...

The story of Marie Duplessis, the courtesan who consumed Parisian high society in the 19th Century, and the inspiration behind masterpieces such as Alexandre Dumas Fils' The Lady with the Camellias and Verdi's La Traviata, is one that overwhelms with its soul-searing tragedy. This peasant girl, who endured cruelty, abandonment, and the torment of a woman’s lot in her time, clawed her way through the class and cultural strata of Paris from one rich man to another, with her sensational beauty lighting the way. Yet her beauty wasn’t the only thing capturing hearts, but also her ...

A completely revised, expanded and definitive edition of the memoir first published in 2020. What happens when a fifteen-year-old boy, determined not to be sent to boarding school, tries everything to escape—including running away, hitchhiking across Africa and even disappearing from the school bus? In 1984, Gordon Wallis arrived at Plumtree School on the Botswana border convinced his life was over. Instead, he discovered a world of unforgettable characters, outrageous adventures, lifelong friendships and lessons that would shape the rest of his life. From failed escape attempts and ...

True Messages. Real Voices. The Final Words That Solved — or Concealed — a Crime. Every killer leaves traces, but some leave wordsLetters from the Dead explores the chilling intimacy of communication in crime — the notes, diaries, confessions, and farewell messages that turned mysteries inside out. Each chapter opens with a real written fragment — a letter found on a body, a suicide note, a coded confession, a desperate plea — and unravels the story it came from.Some of these writings exposed murderers. Some concealed them. Others revealed pain so human it blurred the line between...

The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. This is her remarkable, true story. Anne Lister was extraordinary...

Ever feel like your life is one chaotic, caffeine-fueled rollercoaster where you forgot the seatbelt but remembered the glitter? Same. Welcome to The Diary of Mrs. Jolly Good—a raw, unfiltered, and laugh-out-loud journey through the glorious dumpster fire that is my entrepreneurial life. This isn’t your average memoir. It’s a journal-stuffed explosion of emotional venting, hilariously inappropriate oversharing, and entrepreneurial f*ck-ups with a side of sparkle. I’ve built businesses from scratch, tanked a few spectacularly, wrangled pugs mid-panic attack, delivered Uber Eats while...

The Last Supper with a Psychopath A Criminologist’s Chilling Diary of a Real Family Murder On a cold November night in 1987, the quiet town of Ina, Illinois, was devastated by a crime so brutal it defied comprehension. The Dardeen family—Keith, Elaine, their 2-year-old son Peter, and a newborn baby girl—were found murdered in their modest trailer home in one of the most disturbing and mysterious homicides in American history. Why was there no forced entry? Why was nothing stolen? And who could commit such unimaginable violence—murdering even a baby born during the attack? In The ...

A PureWow Best Beach Read of 2022 A frisky, feminine, funny, and profoundly genuine essay collection on relationships, sex, motherhood, and finding yourself, by the editor of New York magazine's "Sex Diaries." Alyssa Shelasky has a lot to tell you. In this hilarious and intimate essay collection...

The Teenage Tornado Diaries: Real Stories from Parents Who Survived the Storm — and Practical Lessons for You. If you're living in a nightmare with an unruly teenager, this book is for you. No mind bending quackery, just plain English, by parents who can help you end the nightmare.

Diario de un médium es el cofre en el que están guardados todos los secretos de un joven vasco decidido a seguir las señales que ha recibido y que viaja a Montreal para desarrollar su don al lado de Marilyn Rossner. Con Marilyn y su equipo, Mikel Lizarralde aprende a abrazar la misión de su vida: ayudar a las personas transmitiéndoles los mensajes de los espíritus. Mikel nos cuenta sus avances y tempranas experiencias como médium, sus primeras ceremonias y contactos con los espíritus, sus miedos y nostalgias, así como su necesidad de aprender a confiar en su energía.

Roy Barton wrote over 250 love letters to his young wife Phyllis during the Second World War and they record his time of military service in British army Basic Training in the Royal Signals in Yorkshire in 1940 and then, from July 1944 until October 1945, during the campaign in Europe to defeat Nazism. Roy was extremely well read and his writing is fluid in style, often beautifully descriptive, and great on detail. With one eye on the censor, Roy records the sights of war-torn Europe. The crossing of the Channel to the Normandy beaches; bombed convoys of German troops; the French refugees ...

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of General Practice? Read it all in this eye-opening book and find out what it means to be a GP. Diary of a Female GP slides back the curtains on UK General Practice before COVID-19. Let Joni Martins take you behind the scenes of General Practice as only a doctor could. She describes a typical week in the life of a female GP as she goes about her life at home and at work. Encounter grateful and pleasant patients, abusive and angry patients, emotional encounters with people at the End of their Life on earth. Examine how a career and family life ...

A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors...

You no longer have to trade your time for dollars. A wise person learns from OPE (other people's experiences) and methods. This book will help you discover how to invest in real estate the right way, with proven methods used by thousands of investors across the United States.

Diary of a Teen Mother – From Homelessness to Homeowner in Eighteen Months (Updated Edition) Teen pregnancy. Homelessness. Unbreakable love. At just 18 years old, I was homeless, scared, and about to become a mother. With no roadmap and no safety net, I turned to the only motivation I had - my baby. Diary of a Teen Mother is a raw, inspiring memoir of survival, resilience, and the power of maternal love to transform a life. In just eighteen months, I went from squatting in a vacant apartment to buying my first home and launching a business. This is the true story of how impossible ...

An engrossing debut novel that cannily reimagines the extraordinary life and mysterious death of bohemian Georgetown socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer— secret lover of JFK, ex-wife of a CIA chief, sexual adventurer, LSD explorer and early feminist living by her own rules. She was a longtime lover...

Aged and increasingly ailing European film icon Lída Baarová is taken care of by her stepmother Marcela, a woman five years her junior. As Lida becomes distraught by the effects of the Parkinson disease ravaging her body, and riddled with the fear of dying, her stepmother thinks up a way to distract her—she should recount her life, and leave a lasting legacy to her fans. For the next several months, Marcela records on paper as the actress tells her story. In 1936, at the height of her career, the film star has it all—recognition, a man she loves, worshiping fans all over the continent...