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Because we all love a poignant, honest real-life story. Here are our favorites from 2015.
4.
Best Memoirs of the Year

Bettyville

By George Hodgman

Publisher: Viking
Pages: 288

The tender, true tale of a magazine editor who returns to his tiny Missouri hometown to care for his sharp-tongued mother—who just won't go gentle into that good night.

— Natalie Beach

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