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Memoirs, anyone?

alyecat
alyecat Posts: 28
edited November 9 in Social Groups
Does anyone know of some really great memoirs that I should read? I'm really into them right now and would love some suggestions! :)

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  • mirfan25
    mirfan25 Posts: 45
    i loved The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls and i've been wantingto read Unbearable Lightness by Portia De Rossi...
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    I love anything by Augusten Burroughs or David Sedaris. I also recently read Belinda Carlisle's memoir Lips Unsealed. She isn't a great writer but it was a very honest look at her life. I idolized the GoGo's when I was a little girl.
  • alyecat
    alyecat Posts: 28
    Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check them out.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    It's fiction, not a real memoir, but Memoirs of a Geisha was enjoyable for sure :)
  • Redapplecandie
    Redapplecandie Posts: 171 Member
    Another Fiction type - Anything by Margaret George.... She has books about Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Elizabeth 1, Mary Magdalane and more... They are very awesome, especially if you like historical figures
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    I just finished, "Confessions of a Prairie *****" by Allison Angrim, who played Nellie Olsen on "Little House on the Prairie".

    It was a fun read. :tongue:
  • Gerkenstein
    Gerkenstein Posts: 315 Member
    Jen Lancaster is hysterical! All but one of her books is a memoir (novel = If You Were Here, not that great IMO), but her memoirs are fabulous. My favorite is "Such a Pretty Fat".
  • JoJoDoerr
    JoJoDoerr Posts: 173 Member
    It's fiction, not a real memoir, but Memoirs of a Geisha was enjoyable for sure :)

    One of my favorite all time books!

    I also agree with Gerkenstein - Jen Lancaster is hilarious! (except wasn't crazy about the novel)
  • aussiegirl1990
    aussiegirl1990 Posts: 56 Member
    Running With Scissors By Augusten Burroughs. It's an amazing book. I heard it was turned into a movie but I haven't seen it, however the book is amazing.

    The book tells the story of Burroughs's bizarre childhood life after his mother sent him to live with her unconventional psychiatrist and his family. Dr. Finch believes by 13 children should be allowed to make their own choices, hands out unmarked meds, and is considered rather unstable.
  • shmiracles
    shmiracles Posts: 105 Member
    i loved The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls and i've been wantingto read Unbearable Lightness by Portia De Rossi...


    two of my favorites! also the first two books i read on my kindle when i got it. love love love
    i am a big memoir reader.
    currently reading Augusten Burroughs This is How.
    just bought How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti which isn't exactly a memoir i guess.
    have read most of Anais Nin's unexpurgated diaries and all versions of Sylvia Plath's journals & bios.
    other memoirs i recently finished include An Unquiet Mind, Dirty Secret, Lit, Wasted, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, & A Child Called It

    you guys all make Running With Scissors sound so good that i think i will have to put it on my short list :)
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown. It's a great book and a really moving story.
  • shmiracles
    shmiracles Posts: 105 Member
    A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown. It's a great book and a really moving story.

    also added to my list, thanks!
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