For those of you who don't know what a memoir is, it's like an autobiography but it's a lot more personal and focuses on one main theme/idea instead of a general concept of their life.
Anyhoo, any good memoirs you can reccommend?
2006-06-10 14:51:49 · 15 answers · asked by Kevin 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Not that this gives me any credibility, but I teach a course for freshman at a major university on memoir and autobiography. ;) My students love David Sedaris' Naked. It is one of my favorite memoirs, as well. I tried reading David Frey's A Million Little Pieces, but the beginning was extremely graphic--he breaks his nose and describes how it was reset without any pain medication.I couldn't finish it!.
Another great read is Lucy Grealy's Autobiography of a Face. She had cancer at a young age and lost half of her jaw. Her memoir chronicles this and also her search for identity, self-esteem, etc. She died in 1997 of a heroin overdose--a few years after she wrote this book.
The Liar's Club is great, too. Very sarcastic, which is always entertaining.
2006-06-11 10:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by aer 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
i'm uncertain you could call them memoirs, however the previous due actor David Niven wrote ( i think of) 3 novels approximately his early days in Hollywood as an actor. 2 of that are deliver on the Empty Horses and The Moon's a Balloon. extraordinarily good reads and leaves little to the mind's eye approximately most of the super and not so super actors and actresses of the forties and 50's and a few from the 60's. have relaxing, savor!
2016-12-08 08:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with some answers already said like Memoirs of a Geisha and Night. Also, Rachel's Tears and She Said Yes are sort of like a memoir about two girls from Columbine.
2006-06-10 15:19:37 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo- Written by a Marine Corps officer at the very beginning of the Vietnam War
"With the Old Breed: At Peleilu and Okinawa" by EB Sledge- Written by a Marine who fought in the Pacific theater of WWII
Both magnificent stories that really make you think.
2006-06-10 16:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Sol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Night By Elie Wiesel is my all time favorite and its about a boys life in the holocaust and Farewell to Manzanar-I forgot the name of the author but that one is about Japanese Americans during WWII
2006-06-10 14:56:47 · answer #5 · answered by Beautiful Insanity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our time : memoir of a revolution
Brownmiller, Susan.
Its all about the start of feminism.
2006-06-10 15:11:35 · answer #6 · answered by cady_godess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Memoires of a Geisha ;)
2006-06-10 14:56:12 · answer #7 · answered by cristi_smara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
memoirs of a geisha was good, if you saw the movie, trust me the book is much better. however, if you read it please keep in mind it's not 100% accurate, some of the stuff was changed. i won't say what in case you do read it.
2006-06-10 14:57:34 · answer #8 · answered by tinkerbell1_3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Running With Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs
2006-06-10 15:02:26 · answer #9 · answered by oaksterdamhippiechick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gene Simmons from Kiss. He has had a fascinating life!
2006-06-10 14:55:34 · answer #10 · answered by Bloorf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋