Most Read This Week In 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 ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Memoir"

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything

Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen: And Other Lies I Think Will Make Me Happy (Small Habits and Mindset Shifts to Find Contentment and Joy in Life) (Early Christmas Gift Ideas)

Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day

When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between

Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York

What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home

Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

Nice Girls Don't Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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Quotes Tagged “Memoir”

“ 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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“ You are putting yourself in serious danger...' I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist. ...more ”
― Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

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