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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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Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption
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"I wanted to believe—not just in theory but with all of me—that the suffering in my life wasn’t random or meaningless, but that God was using it all f
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Muddy Jungle Rivers
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To commemorate Veteran's Day this year, author and Vietnam veteran Wendell Affield is giving away five autographed copies of his gripping war memoir,
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