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1 author picked Joyful Recollections of Trauma as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Comedian Paul Scheer, host of the How Did This Get Made podcast, writes a tender, heartbreaking and hilarious memoir recounting how creativity and imagination saved him from abusive situations.

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German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…

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