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Jun 26, 2019 · Alison Bechdel’s beloved graphic novel is an elaborately layered account of life and artifice, family silence and revelation, springing from her father’s suicide. He was a distant man who ...
- Dawn Raffel
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. Whether or not you’re a fan of Michelle Zauner’s acclaimed alternative pop band, Japanese Breakfast—and you really should be—you’ll love her (even more highly acclaimed) 2021 memoir.
- Spare by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. This long-awaited memoir (due to drop on Jan. 10, 2023) is one of the most-anticipated royal publications in years.
- Solito by Javier Zamora. This is the story of 9-year-old Javier: top of his class in El Salvador, precocious and raised by his beloved aunt and grandparents.
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy. The tongue-in-cheek title gives a clue to the dark humor contained within this memoir, which came out in 2022.
Jun 17, 2024 · Credit: W. W. Norton & Company. "The Madwoman and the Roomba: My Year of Domestic Mayhem" is a humorous memoir by award-winning columnist Sandra Tsing Loh. The book captures Loh's chaotic and ...
Feb 25, 2021 · In this genre-bending book that plays with time, place and form to depict the unique horrors of an abusive relationship, Carmen Maria Machado reimagines what a memoir can be. It will break your ...
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Memoir. A memoir ( / ˈmɛm.wɑːr /; [ 1] from French mémoire [me.mwaʁ], from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. [ 2][ 3] The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or ...
Aug 6, 2010 · 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 ...
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Night is an essential companion to The Diary of Anne Frank, one of the most famous memoirs of the Second World War: “Where Anne Frank’s book ends,” Wiesel once said, “mine begins.”. 5. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (1964) Buy on Amazon. Add to library.
