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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) shared Books Editor 's list

Sep 10, 2017 (Updated Sep 10, 2017)
So. Many. Books. I've read Hunger by Roxane Gay which a fantastic memoir, but have hardly made a dent in the others.
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Books Editor (673 KP) added 13 items to the list HB's Best Books

Sep 10, 2017
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HB's Best Books

From brilliant newcomers to established novelists and memoirists, Harper's Bazaar recommends these 13 books for 2017 (so far).

Debriefing: Collected Stories

Debriefing: Collected Stories

Susan Sontag​

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A collection of one of our most powerful intellectual's short fiction Debriefing collects all of...

Fiction
My Life with Bob

My Life with Bob

Pamela Paul

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Imagine keeping a record of every book you’ve ever read. What would this reading trajectory say...

Autobiography essays
Theft by Finding

Theft by Finding

David Sedaris

8.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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The point is to find out who you are and to be true to that person. Because so often you can't....

Autobiography essays
My Absolute Darling

My Absolute Darling

Gabriel Tallent

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A brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read about one fourteen-year-old girl’s heart-stopping...

Fiction
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Trevor Noah recommended To Quote Myself: A Memoir in Books (curated)

 
To Quote Myself: A Memoir
To Quote Myself: A Memoir
Khaya Dlanga | 2020 | Biography
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"A hilarious memoir by a great South African essayist. As good an account as you’ll find about life in the country today."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Running in the Family in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
Running in the Family
Running in the Family
Michael Ondaatje | 1982
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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In 1978 and again in 1980, author Michael Ondaatje went to visit the island of his birth, Sri Lanka. This book chronicles his visits and tells the stories of his homeland and ancestors in the most poetic and beautifully written memoir ever. Read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2013/09/05/a-poetic-memoir-of-ondaatjes-visits-to-sri-lanka/
  
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood
Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood
Robert Douglas | 2006 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Some of the childhood descriptions are good (0 more)
Transitions from adult to child, language (0 more)
Not the best memoir I've read
This is a memoir about the author growing up in a working class family in Glasgow. I read this as part of my dissertation on memoir but was deeply disappointed. The childhood language and the adult language are disjointed, the transitions from the adult self and the child self are awkward and the story (for me) was flat. That's not to say its a terrible book. Some of the memories are sweet, vivid and well put together.