Memoir New Releases

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

New Releases Tagged "Memoir"

All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation

The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web

Unseen: How I Lost My Vision but Found My Voice

No Ordinary Bird: Drug Smuggling, a Plane Crash, and a Daughter's Quest for the Truth

Dance While the Fire Burns: Family, Identity, and Dreams, a memoir

Birth of a Hippie: A Graphic Memoir (The Chronicles of a Back-to-the-Lander, #1)

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything: A Memoir

Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama

Dumb Girl: A Journey from Childhood Abuse to Gun Control Advocacy

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Quotes Tagged “Memoir”

“ In my opinion, our health care system has failed when a doctor fails to treat an illness that is treatable. ”
― Kevin Alan Lee, The Split Mind: Schizophrenia from an Insider's Point of View

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“ Thanksgiving is no time for amateur hour in the kitchen, but we were subjected to this Gong Show on a yearly basis. Aunt Kathy went knee deep in her preparations where others would have surrendered. ”
― Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

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