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Listopia > Cheryl Schibley's votes on the list Memoirs I Have Loved (43 Books)
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The Best American Travel Writing 2000
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"Great stores, the one about Cuba is priceless."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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This is Where I Leave You
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"Very funny."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle (The Country Nurse #1)
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"You'll fall in love with the charming people of this Scottish Isle in the 1970's."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant
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"Not the Hollywood dishy book I was hoping for but very good nonetheless. Cary in his later life."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Around the World in 80 Dinners: The Ultimate Culinary Adventure
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"Sometimes I like to read about food."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Icons of England
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"No one knows England and is able to express it like Bill Bryson."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir
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"I missed him when I finished this book."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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H is for Hawk
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"One of the most lauded memoirs in publication. You'll have to make up your own mind. Let me know what you think."
Cheryl
rated it 2 stars
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Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
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"Ever dream of visiting national parks? Really good."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister
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"This book was better than I thought it would be. "
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
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"Nearly unbelievable but what an amazing story. "
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
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"I love all Anthony's books. This one is kind of a tribute to the great chef's he has known."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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Mercury and Me
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"Very good. How does a mega rock star really live...here you go."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir
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"Life in the deep south. Not too enviable. "
Cheryl
rated it 3 stars
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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"Loved this insightful, funny, informative, compassionate book."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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The Bigamist: The True Story of a Husband's Ultimate Betrayal
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"Another one of those unreal but true stories."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
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"This book really held my interest. Read it right through without putting it down."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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High on Arrival
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"Now this is a rock and roll memoir. Every taboo in the book here. I wish Mackenzie the best!"
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times
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"Despite his failure as a president, you end up really liking him. He was a wonderful human but president...not so much."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Inside Out
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"Demi tells it like it is. Honest, straightforward and in true diva style."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Tell Me Who I Am
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"Twin boys in England are pimped by their abusive mother while growing up. "
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Know My Name
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"Brave! It took a lot of guts and fortitude to do what this girl did after she was sexually assaulted while intoxicated. Could not put it down."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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A Deadly Silence: The Ordeal of Cheryl Pierson: A Case of Incest and Murder
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"Gritty true crime but so good."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France
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"Sweet, adorable read. Really liked it."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie
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"Charming. Family gives up the fast lane to live in rural Minnesota. I couldn't do it but it was a great read."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Wiseguy
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"Mafioso in the 1970's. "
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Blood: A Memoir
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"Talented but constantly drunk and obsessed, their father murders their mother. The daughters go on to be very good country music singers."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Bella Tuscany
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"Love everything by Frances Mayes"
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Leonardo da Vinci
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"The life of Leonardo will surprise you. He was actually an atheist who hated his commissions of painting religious scenes but he had to make a living."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
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"I could not put this book down."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger
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"Overweight guy can't get any love from his mother. Actually a good read."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
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"Amazing adventure riding little horses in a long distance race in Mongolia."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
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"This one was an eye opener. A world few of us know little about...a woman's life in Saudi Arabia."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
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"Love the way Robert Evans talks. Great read."
Cheryl
rated it 4 stars
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Me
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"Charming. No surprises here just wonderful Elton. I'm a big fan."
Cheryl
rated it 5 stars
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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
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The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
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American Wolf
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The Genius of Birds
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Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
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Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
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