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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 i...more

New Releases Tagged "Memoir"

The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius

I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids

Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions

My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places

Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story

The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life

Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders

Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard

Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me

I Can't Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays

My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper: A Guide to the Less Than Perfect Life

What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most

Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology

Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed: Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism

Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning

Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed

How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir

My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer

Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side

Tiger Babies Strike Back: How I Was Raised by a Tiger Mom But Could Not Be Turned to the Dark Side

By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There: A Memoir

Until I Say Goodbye: A Book about Living

Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church

Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter

Winning Balance: What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams

The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton to the New Frontiers of American Power

Still Points North: Surviving the World's Greatest Alaskan Childhood

Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War

The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time

Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective

Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again after Being Blinded by a Bear

Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America

The Girl With No Name: The Incredible True Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys

The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage: True Tales of Food, Family, and How We Learn to Eat

I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography

Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan

French Twist: An American Mom's Experiment in Parisian Parenting

Astonished: A Story of Evil, Blessings, Grace, and Solace

The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language

Public Apology: In Which a Man Grapples With a Lifetime of Regret, One Incident at a Time

Once Upon a Flock: Life with My Soulful Chickens

Signs, Wonders and a Baptist Preacher: How Jesus Flipped My World Upside Down

Truth Be Told: A Memoir of Success, Suicide, and Survival

Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

História, História: Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands

Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House That Herring Built

Square Peg: My Story and What It Means for Raising Innovators, Visionaries, and Out-of-the-Box Thinkers

Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir

Nocturne: On the Life and Death of My Brother

Finding Moosewood, Finding God: What Happened When a TV Newsman Abandoned His Career for Life on an Island

Things I Didn't Expect (When I Was Expecting)

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“I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth, and when I talk myself into doing so, I taste only shame. I have an eating disorder.”
― Jena Morrow, Hollow: An Unpolished Tale

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