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Aimee Bender recommended The Centre Cannot Hold: A Memoir of My Schizophrenia in Books (curated)
Jameela Jamil recommended Hunger in Books (curated)
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Face in Books
Oct 7, 2020
In this short non-fiction piece, Ozeki takes on the Zen exercise of staring at her face for three hours. Read my review of this interesting memoir here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/08/18/facing-three-hours/
Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Writing the Memoir in Books
May 14, 2017
Every wanna be memoirist needs this book
I read this book in a couple of days and found it to be incredibly helpful. I wrote memoir for my dissertation in creative writing at university and was looking for some guidelines and tools to assist me, this book has it all. Barrington takes the reader step by step through the process of memoir writing and highlights the do's and dont's in each informative chapter. Her greatest piece of advice is to read, read, read as many memoirs as possible prior to the task. This book is not for everyone, after all not everyone wants to write a memoir, but for me, the book did its job and will be a very useful tool. I would recommend this to all aspiring memoirists.
Anne (15117 KP) rated Little Weirds in Books
Nov 4, 2019
This was an interesting read/listen a bit different. It was a quick and short read with some humor, reflection and memoir type stories. It reminded me a bit of a one-woman play of sorts.
The first 1/3-1/2 of the book was sort of random except I connected more to some bits but after the first half, I found more to connect with and then with the last few chapters, I found it enlightening and connected quite a bit to that part.
It's a bit like a collection of mini-memoir essays that talk about being a woman, a child, growing up, figuring things out and having an enlightening moment of rising above hard times, etc.
If you're looking for a short listen with some quirkiness memoir type stories and such then you might enjoy this.
The first 1/3-1/2 of the book was sort of random except I connected more to some bits but after the first half, I found more to connect with and then with the last few chapters, I found it enlightening and connected quite a bit to that part.
It's a bit like a collection of mini-memoir essays that talk about being a woman, a child, growing up, figuring things out and having an enlightening moment of rising above hard times, etc.
If you're looking for a short listen with some quirkiness memoir type stories and such then you might enjoy this.
Through the Eye of the Tiger: The Rock 'n' Roll Life of Survivor's Founding Member
Jim Peterik, Lisa Torem and Kevin Cronin
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"Hey, yo, Jim ...This is Sylvester Stallone. Give me a call ..." It was these words that would set...
Glenn Ligon recommended Yes, Chef: A Memoir in Books (curated)
