Favorite Memoirs

Among too many good memoirs to list, these thrilled me to my toes:

Caldwell, Gail. Let’s Take the Long Way Home (Noted & Noted & Noted.)

Dillard, Annie. An American Childhood

——. For the Time Being (Not strictly memoir but what the heck. Reviewed.)

——. The Writing Life (She calls it a memoir, and it is. Reviewed.)

Grealy, Lucy. The Autobiography of a Face (Noted.)

Grimes, Tom. Mentor (Q&A)

Karr, Mary. Lit (Oh my God. Reviewed.)

Lethem, Jonathan. The Disappointment Artist (“The Beards” is perfect.)

Martin, Lee. From Our House

Moore, Dinty W. Between Panic and Desire

Nabokov, Vladimir. Speak, Memory (I love to hate this classic. Reviewed 1 & Reviewed 2.)

Orr, Gregory. The Blessing (Reviewed.)

Patchett, Ann. Truth and Beauty

Roth, Philip. Patrimony

Smith, Alison. Name All the Animals (Simply perfect. Reviewed.)

Strauss, Darin. Half a Life (Reviewed.)

Updike, John. Self-Consciousness (Reviewed.)

Woolf, Virginia. Moments of Being (Noted & Noted.)

Wolff, Tobias. In Pharaoh’s Army

——. This Boy’s Life

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