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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Writing the Memoir in Books

May 14, 2017  
Writing the Memoir
Writing the Memoir
Judith Barrington | 2002 | Education
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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.
  
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Anne (15130 KP) rated Little Weirds in Books

Nov 4, 2019  
Little Weirds
Little Weirds
Jenny Slate | 2019
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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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.
  
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Glenn Ligon recommended Yes, Chef: A Memoir in Books (curated)

 
Yes, Chef: A Memoir
Yes, Chef: A Memoir
Marcus Samuelsson | 2013 | Biography
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"Marcus is a friend but until I read his haunting memoir I hadn’t realized how extraordinary his journey was. How does a refugee from rural Ethiopia end up a world-class chef? Read the book and find out."

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Merissa (13878 KP) created a post

Mar 28, 2022  
"Read the #GuestPost to find out why the author's favourite words are love, positivity, optimism, hope, and faith."

 #NBTM & #Giveaway: Lessons Learned About Life And Love by Vivianne Knebel - @Archaeolibrary, @GoddessFish, @knebelauthor, #Memoir,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/lessonslearnedaboutlifeandlovebyvivianneknebel
      
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Nigella Lawson recommended Blood, Bones and Butter in Books (curated)

 
Blood, Bones and Butter
Blood, Bones and Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton | 2012 | Food & Drink
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"It would be a mistake to think that this memoir by Gabrielle Hamilton, chef proprietor of Prune, is solely for those interested in food. It is one of the most searingly honest autobiographies I have read: it is the story of a woman struggling to find her place in the world, the story of a lost childhood and a recovered self. This is no self-pitying misery memoir: it’s full of grit and passion, combining vigor with sensitivity, and I am as hungry for her words as I am for her food."

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Aug 9, 2020  
Sneak a peek at the humorous memoir on grandparenting and family entitled THE GULAG P-PA DIARIES: A BITTERSWEET MEMOIR OF GRANDPARENTING by Preston Lewis Author. Listen to the awesome playlist to the book, and enter the giveaway to win a signed copy of the book - two winners!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2020/08/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-gulag-p-pa.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
As new empty-nesters, Harriet and Preston next looked forward to becoming grandparents. Their journey to assuming the names of Mema and P-Pa, however, took a tragic and unexpected turn.
      
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 7, 2017
From the poet Eileen Myles’s memoir about life with a beloved dog to Attica Locke’s murder mystery set in Texas to N. K. Jemisin’s conclusion of her award-winning Broken Earth fantasy trilogy, here are NYT's top books of the week.
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New York Times Top Books This Week 05/10

Two of the year’s most highly anticipated books are on this week’s New York Times list of recommendations:

Bluebird, Bluebird

Bluebird, Bluebird

Attica Locke

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Southern fables usually go the other way around: a white woman killed or harmed in some way, real or...

Thriller
One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported

One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported

E.J. Dionne Jr., Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann

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A call to action from three of Washington's premier political scholar-journalists, One Nation After...

Politics social issues
Afterglow: A Dog's Memoir

Afterglow: A Dog's Memoir

Eileen Myles

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Prolific and widely renowned, Eileen Myles is a trailblazer whose decades of literary and artistic...

Biography
The Stone Sky: The Broken Earth

The Stone Sky: The Broken Earth

N.K. Jemisin

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The remarkable conclusion to the highly acclaimed post-apocalyptic trilogy that began with...

Science fiction
At the Strangers' Gate: Arrivals in New York

At the Strangers' Gate: Arrivals in New York

Adam Gopnik

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From The New York Times best-selling author of Paris to the Moon and beloved New Yorker writer, a...

Biography
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Jessica Cashen (1 KP) rated Getting Off: One Woman's Journey Through Sex and Porn Addiction in Books

May 16, 2018  
Getting Off: One Woman's Journey Through Sex and Porn Addiction
Getting Off: One Woman's Journey Through Sex and Porn Addiction
Erica Garza | 2018 | Biography
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10.0 (2 Ratings)
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This is a memoir about a woman's addiction to porn and sex. It is well written, raw, and honest. I commend her for talking about something viewed as taboo. If she writes anything else I would be interested in reading it.