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Memoir
As a literary genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire from the Latin memoria, meaning "memory", or a reminiscence), forms a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable in modern parlance. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir.
Memoirs are structured differently from formal autobiographies which tend to encompass the writer's entire life span, focusing on the development of his/her personality. The chronological scope of memoir is determined by the work's context and is ...more
Memoirs are structured differently from formal autobiographies which tend to encompass the writer's entire life span, focusing on the development of his/her personality. The chronological scope of memoir is determined by the work's context and is ...more
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The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores
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From a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer comes an exuberant memoir of personal loss and longing, and finding connection on the remote Azorean Islands of t
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Availability: 100 copies available, 729 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Jul 04 - Jul 31, 2018
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Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
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"[A] glorious achievement—bighearted and critical, insightful and entertaining. This book is a cup o ...more
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Availability: 25 copies available, 487 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Jul 21 - Aug 04, 2018
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I Have to Leave You Now: A Survival Guide for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Alzheimer's Disease
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I Have to Leave You Now, a 2014 Living Now Book Award winner, is a memoir of an Alzheimer’s caregiver woven in with a practical self help guide that d
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Giveaway dates: Jul 14 - Jul 27, 2018
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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder and a Memoir, which will be published by Flatiron Books (Macmillan) in May 2017. It is also forthcoming from publishers internationally. A National Endowment for the Arts fellow and Rona Jaffe Award recipient, she has twice been a fellow at both MacDowell and Yaddo. Her essays appear in The New York Times, Oxford American, Iowa Review, and many other publications, and were recognized “notable” in Best American Essays 2013, 2015, and 2016.
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― Susanna Kaysen
― Susanna Kaysen
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Remember that you own what happened to you. If your childhood was less than ideal, you may have been raised thinking that if you told the truth about what really went on in your family, a long bony white finger would emerge from a cloud and point to you, while a chilling voice thundered, "We *told* you not to tell." But that was then. Just put down on paper everything you can remember now about your parents and siblings and relatives and neighbors, and we will deal with libel later on.
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― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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