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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
The Light Years
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Enter for a chance to win an advance copy of THE LIGHT YEARS by Chris Rush, a joyous and defiant coming-of-age memoir set during one of the most turbu
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Giveaway dates: Oct 27 - Nov 18, 2018
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Being And Not Becoming
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Enter for a chance to win one of 20 signed copies of Being and Not Becoming by Jason Charter.
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Availability: 20 copies available, 322 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Nov 03 - Nov 15, 2018
Countries available: U.S. and Canada
She's My Dad: A Father's Transition and a Son's Redemption
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Enter to win one of 15 copies of She's My Dad: A Father's Transition and a Son's Redemption from Jonathan S. Williams with Paula Stone Williams!
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Giveaway dates: Nov 03 - Nov 15, 2018
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I start to see that I surround myself with broken people; more broken than me. Ah, yes, let me count your cracks. Let's see, one hundred, two... yes, you'll do nicely. A cracked companion makes me look more whole, gives me something outside myself to care for. When I'm with whole, healed people I feel my own cracks, the shatters, the insanities of dislocation in myself.
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