Of my own making : a memoir
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Central - Adult Biography - NEW | B BURKE D | Checked Out | June 15, 2025 |
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Burke's debut memoir is a meditation on her early life and the experiences that helped shape the woman she is today. She describes growing up in a poverty-stricken area of Detroit in the 1980s, her father having left before her second birthday. She found comfort in the love and support of her maternal grandmother, Effie, before losing her in a tragic car accident when Burke was seven. Consumed by grief, the author's mother turned to drugs to numb her pain, leaving young Burke to fend for herself. School was Burke's haven, and she devoted herself to being a good student. After obtaining multiple degrees and high-profile jobs with companies like L'Oréal and Estée Lauder, Burke began a quest to learn about the science of neuroplasticity in order to understand how a person could change her circumstances by changing her brain. Readers of memoirs like Educated and The Glass Castle will enjoy Burke's inspiring story of overcoming early abuse and neglect to build the life she knew was waiting for her.
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Burke's debut memoir is a meditation on her early life and the experiences that helped shape the woman she is today. She describes growing up in a poverty-stricken area of Detroit in the 1980s, her father having left before her second birthday. She found comfort in the love and support of her maternal grandmother, Effie, before losing her in a tragic car accident when Burke was seven. Consumed by grief, the author's mother turned to drugs to numb her pain, leaving young Burke to fend for herself. School was Burke's haven, and she devoted herself to being a good student. After obtaining multiple degrees and high-profile jobs with companies like L'Oréal and Estée Lauder, Burke began a quest to learn about the science of neuroplasticity in order to understand how a person could change her circumstances by changing her brain. Readers of memoirs like Educated and The Glass Castle will enjoy Burke's inspiring story of overcoming early abuse and neglect to build the life she knew was waiting for her. Copyright 2025 Booklist Reviews.
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Burke, D. (2025). Of my own making: a memoir (First edition.). Legacy Lit.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burke, Daria. 2025. Of My Own Making: A Memoir. New York: Legacy Lit.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burke, Daria. Of My Own Making: A Memoir New York: Legacy Lit, 2025.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Burke, D. (2025). Of my own making: a memoir. First edn. New York: Legacy Lit.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Burke, Daria. Of My Own Making: A Memoir First edition., Legacy Lit, 2025.