The Readers' Advisory Interest Group
Biographies of the Lesser Known
There are many people who have a life story to share. Some are famous, some have a relationship with a famous person, and some are lesser known. The biographies listed here are about individuals who we are privileged to get to know. Their lives will touch your lives just as much as the lives of the very famous, perhaps even more.
 | Jane Goodall. Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey. 2000. Jane was entranced by all living things as a toddler and even took worms to bed with her. As a child she was inspired by Tarzan and the Jungle Book and became the woman who found herself working with Dr. Leakey, making scientific breakthroughs with chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe preserve, and becoming one of the world’s foremost champions of the environment. This is a book about Jane’s life from enduring the horrors of World War II, postwar hardships, vicious assaults on the integrity of her work, a terrorist attack in Africa, and her husband’s agonizing death from cancer. At one with nature and challenged by environmental destruction, Dr. Goodall offers insight and provides reason for hope! |
 | Reeve Lindbergh. Under a Wing. 1998. Told with such grace, insight and love, the author weaves stories about how it is to grow up as a Lindbergh. Her memoirs exude a warmth, giving us glimpses of the private world of her famous family. |
 | Nuala O'Faolain. Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman. 1998. A middle-aged Irish woman tells how she came to be successful despite parental neglect and leading a lonely life although she had the desire to get married and have a |