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The new year often brings within us a desire to improve our lives, whether through saving more, becoming a better parent, learning a new skill, getting more organized, eating healthier…every

Memoirs can also show how someone else managed a challenge or crisis and allow us to learn what to do — or what not to do.

The half-Ukrainian, half-Russian Belim offers a personal perspective on the region’s recent history while circling around a family mystery

Lily Lindon’s My Own Worst Enemy (Aria, out now) may be for you. Emmy Clooney is a recent drama school graduate and excels at overthinking. Emmy, when she meets fellow rising star Mae Jones, realises they’ll both always be fighting for the same parts. But Mae is not just Emmy’s casting type, but also her romantic type. Cue a competition to win the best roles — but will both act nicely?

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Victoria Belim’s haunting new memoir tells the story of Ukraine through the lens of her own family, from WWII occupation to Chernobyl – to the trauma of today.

A woman’s quest to uncover her family’s difficult past reveals broader truths about the present conflict