I've been doing a lot of reading this summer. Even though I read mostly fiction, my favorite books tend to be non-fiction. Comeback: A mother and daughters journey through hell and back deals with drug addiction. Mia, who was sexually abused as a small child by her father, takes her pain out on herself and her mom and stepdad. She runs away at the age of 15 and lives on the streets doing just about anything to get drugs. Her parents find her and send her to a rehab center in Russia. When the center closed down, she went to Montana. Both mother and daughter tell their story. To say there's a happy ending of this joint memoir is wrong. There's a happy beginning. When you get to the end, you'll want to cheer. 
Making an Exit is also about a mother and daughter. Lillian was born in 1908. She married a violinist and they had one daughter, Elinor. After they got divorced, Elinor went to live with Lillian's parents and she went off to work. She was a flamboyant non-conformist who created her own company selling parts-any kinds of parts-automobile parts, military parts, etc. She traveled the world. When Elinor was a teenager she went back to live with her mother. She doesn't really get to know her until Lillian gets Alzheimer's. The book is funny, inspiring and hopeful. Elinor wrote"The last ten years, they were our best".
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