A Memoir
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The Australian artist, Vali Meyers, was a legend in her own time. Premiere danseuse of the Melbourne Modern Ballet at seventeen, she left home and spent ten years in Paris, living much of the time on the streets but never ceasing to draw. Ed va...more
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Barnes and Noble: Epilogue - A Memoir by Anne Roiphe
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"Having lost her husband of thirty-nine years, Anne Roiphe grapples with loss, confusion and how to move forward. Her articulate descriptions of her life and emotions will be a comfort to anyone who has suffered a significant loss (of a spouse, a beloved pet, even a job), while her increasing ability to thrive in the aftermath will offer both comfort and hope."
Notes of a Baseball Dreamer: A Memoir by Robert Mayer
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"I'm a baseball fan. At time in my life full of abject darkness, watching a game for a few hours nearly every day really helped. It gave me something to care about when I didn't think there was anything left to care about. In the midst of my malaise I found this book at the library under its old title. I was entranced with it, for the opening sentence, unable to put it down. It's told in a..."
The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux
2 recommendations
"A memoir about growing up with a crazy mother in East Texas and transitioning into an adult in New York City."
A Riveting Memoir by Judy Mandel
1 recommendation
"Judy Mandel's memoir, Replacement Child, begins before she was even born.Her 7-year-old sister, Donna,was killed,and her other sister,Linda was burned nearly to death,when American Airlines Flight 6780 crashed into their house in 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey."
It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks: A Memoir of a Mother and Daughter
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"Burns writes in spare, lean prose. What she finds as she delves into the mother-daughter relationship is that there is no one right way to love a child, no one truth about how to mother. Instead, like all of us, she finds that the ideal picture of motherhood that we all carry with us has nothing to do with the day-to-day of loving a real child: "My daughter, who was supposed to spend her childhood..."
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story
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"I read this book and instantly knew it would be in heavy rotation. The clever wit of Dave Eggers makes this book truly remarkable. It leaves you in a sort of half-smile, wishing you were that clever. Trivia: Dave Egger's little brother, Christopher, was my brother's roommate (for a brief period) at Choate Rosemary Hall. Small world, huh?"
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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"It's the first book I've read in a long time with a story that had me so captivated that I had to finish the entire book in one sitting. It's about a twelve year old boy in Sierra Leone whose family is ripped apart by civil war. He spends months searching for his family only to reach them moments too late. Searching for safety and shelter, he finds himself in a village controlled by the govermen..."
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
1 recommendation
"Madhur Jaffrey is an extraordinary cook with an amazing ability to recall and re-create the evocative flavors of the India she grew up in."
A Memoir of Fat Camp by Stephanie Klein
3 recommendations
"I'm quite interested in reading this journey of childhood discovery. Most of us can relate to being left out in some sense or disappointing our parents somehow (at least I can)... and I think this can resonate with lots of people."
Memoirs of a turbulent life
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"Power of a Woman. Memoirs of a turbulent life. Eleanor of Aquitaine. The feminine spirit soars as Eleanor of Aquitaine, toughest of medieval women, relates her trials and triumphs through eighty hard years."
The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival
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"I have not yet, but would very much like, to read this book by Stanley Alpert “The Birthday Party” is Mr. Alpert’s harrowing, often hilarious reconstruction of what should have been a garden-variety New York street crime. He is kidnapped and taken to an ATM and forced to withdraw money. But the gang-leader realizes he has over $100,000 in his account so they keep him while concocting a plan ..."
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
3 recommendations
"if you feel like you're the only normal person in your family of gypsies, read the glass castle"
Memoirs of a Geisha
1 recommendation
"I've read this book several times and it never gets boring. The story just grabs you from the beginning and you can't help but fall in love with the protagonist, Sayuri. The life of a geisha seems so interesting that you almost wish that you could have been alive in that time period. This is a definite must-read...forget the movie!!"
Running with Scissors: A Memoir: Augusten Burroughs
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"As always the book is better than the Movie...good thing I read the book first and never saw the movie. Its a fun book that will take you away from all the seriousness out there..."
Do You See What I See?: Memoirs of a Blind Biker by Russell Targ
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"I (Sebastian) just recently purchased this book, looking forward to digging into it. A little about the book: Russell Targ has been visually handicapped since childhood and yet he has performed groundbreaking research in lasers and optics. He is grounded in the world of science and yet co-created the Cold War spy program that became the real X-Files--the CIA and NASA-sponsored work in "remo..."
Dry : A Memoir: Augusten Burroughs
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"this book is so funny and so touching with a main character who just doesn't get it. burroughs is masterful at self-deprecating humor. it picks up right where "running with scissors" left off."
Simon & Schuster: The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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"It's a memoir I can't wait to read."
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
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"A depressing book about a poor boy growing up in Ireland. Despite its sadness it is relly well written and makes for a great novel."
Amazon: Rattled! - A Memoir by Christine Coppa
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"For new Moms, single Moms, and Moms-to-be, this book provides a hearty helping of humor and humanity, filling in the many blanks left by the traditional tomes of motherhood (i.e. What to Expect When You're Expecting.)"
I Slept With Joey Ramone (A Family Memoir)
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"A Family Memoir," is the story of the turbulent life of one of America’s greatest rock icons. The Ramones gave voice to the disaffected youth of the seventies and eighties."
Laura M. Flynn (Author) - Swallow the Ocean: A Memoir
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"Dive into this elegant memoir. Flynn details how her mother had been an adventurous bohemian in the 1950s and '60s, before she became unhinged by what was later diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia. Great book, easy read!"
Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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"This book is a heart wrenching account of what happens on a regular basis to the over half-a-million youth in foster care in our country. As a former foster youth myself, I cried and way too often related to Ashley's depiction of life in the system. Highly recommend this to anyone involved in child welfare, or to those with friends in the system, or those in the system themselves. A parent migh..."
Memoirs of a Geisha DVD
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"I was really interested in this book when I walked by it in a Barnes and Noble one day. Something about the cover caught my eye. I browsed through, and skimmed a few pages, but didnt have the money to spend at the time. I already had a few other books. So I had to pass. Less than a year later Im seeing previews on TV for the new movie, and I thought to myself "Dammit, I knew I should have picked t..."
It Takes a Village Idiot : A Memoir of Life After the City
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"If you're a urban dweller with fantasies of a rural lifestyle (or if you've made the transition), you will LOVE this book. It's a super entertaining account of a NYC writer who moves upstate NY and attempts a dual life as a city and country boy. It will make you laugh out loud, hard and often. A must read if you like your books warm, hearty and hilarious!"
Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway
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"The movie is based on this book. Honestly, I'm a bit offended that the story barely focuses on another great rock heroine, lita ford!"
All the Presidents' Pastries: Twenty-Five Years in the White House, A Memoir
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"Who doesn't love an insider tell-all, especially when it involves a high-profile kitchen?"
