I once talked to Dani Shapiro about truth and memory in memoir. We agreed that remembering the best you can is okay, as long as you’re not lying. A memoir is not a history book. It’s a record of your life as you remember it. You could write the same story every ten years, and each book might be less accurate than the last—but the accuracy won’t necessarily determine which is a better book. We don’t judge memoirs by that criterion.
