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 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 is
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Tell Me Everything: A Memoir
King: A Life
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Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir
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Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself
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    Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
    Educated
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    Everything I Know About Love
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    Eat, Pray, Love
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