What was the last biography you read?

Question

..recently read Nelson Mandella's, it was fascinating! Right now I'm starting Ed Sullivans (soon as my hubby finishes).

Answer 1

One about Truman Capote, I don't remember the author or title but the movie was based on it. It was very sad. About how one incident can simultaneously make a career and destroy a life.

Answer 2

The last autobiography I read was 'A Piece of Cake' by Cupcake Brown. It was not as good as I thought it would be, and it was very preachy about God and AA at the end, which I found to be tedious. The autobiography I read before that was 'E.A.R.L' by DMX, which was actually pretty good. I have also read 'Confessions of a Video Vixen', which I had to throw in, because it is TERRIBLE! The best biographies I have read in the last year would have to be yet more autobiographies, one is called 'Catfish and Mandala' by Andrew X. Pham, which is a book about his travels biking through Japan and some other places on his way to Viet Nam, to visit his distant relatives in his parent's homeland, which he was seeing for the first time. That was a fantastic book. 'First they Killed My Father' and 'Lucky Child', both by Loung Ung, are great books as well. 'First They Killed My Father' is about her and her families' lives during the Khmer Rouge attacks in Cambodia. Very sad, but an outstanding book. 'Lucky Child' is about Loung Ung's teenage life in America, after she had survived the atrocities in Cambodia. Still very sad, yet an excellent read.

Answer 3

The last biography I read was on Lucille Ball the actress who starred in the hit classic comedy called "I Love Lucy." I read her biography because I've come to see her as my idol. So I thought "if she's gonna be my idol I should learn about her history." Oh...and I learned so much about her. She and Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo) were actually married but in reality they had a really bad marriage. Another interesting fact that I learned about her is that her father was related to the first American president, George Washington. Oh gosh I'm getting off topic sorry. Any who in conclusion the last biography i last read was about Lucille Ball.

Answer 4

I cannot remember the name of the book, there goes my memory again. Anyway it was a story about the only Hurricane Hunters aircraft that went to investigate a hurricane and never came home. It gave great background on all the members of the crew and all that was involved. It was a very well researched book as well as a very true and touching story. The name of the book may have been called "Hurricane Hunters", but I am not positive.

Answer 5

Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil by Jean Sasson.

Answer 6

I just finished At Seventy by May Sarton. I'm looking forward to trying some of her other titles.
I also enjoyed At The Twig Is Bent by Bemis. It was a lovely description of her childhood in the 1930s New England.

Answer 7

A French biography of Napoleon

Answer 8

I just read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. I always thought it was a fictional story, and not her autobiography until I started it. It's really good, especially the last few chapters. You have to get to the end if you want to know exactly why the caged bird sings.

Answer 9

Adolf Eichmann - His Life and Crimes by David Caesarini. AE was the Nazi bureaucrat who arranged for the deportation of the Jews and Gypsies to the deathcamps.

The book is excellent on his early life and his moral disintegration during the war, but I kinda lost interest after the war.

Answer 10

Atila The Hun