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story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main protagonist Lucy works to resolve her memory

It's January 1889, and Veronica and her natural historian beau Stoker are working on a memorial exhibition

Rory Docherty has returned to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time

For my full review, please check out The Everlasting . 05 This American Woman : A One-in-a-Million Memoir Her memoir is candid, poignant, funny, and always entertaining. I laughed out loud repeatedly while I was reading this charming memoir by this strong, funny woman. For more memoirs you might like, please check out these Bossy reviews as well as Greedy Reading Lists determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory

hallucinations and mental illness...until she realizes that the red door and visions of the past are real memories

She's built years of happy memories in their low-key beach house rental. For my full review, check out The Goddess of Warsaw . 06 In Memoriam by Alice Winn Alice Winn's account Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. In Memoriam is beautiful, frequently painful, and offers a layered, complicated version of happy ever I listened to In Memoriam  as an audiobook. For my full review, please see In Memoriam .

heart the very same--through their unspeakable loss, desire for revenge, search for meaning, haunting memories

young woman figuring out her place in the world, Mary Jane; and Dave Grohl's irresistible music-mania memoir Whether Sedaris is reliving specific, offbeat memories and mining them for poignancy and also laughs, I listened to Dave Grohl's memoir, in which he tracks his youth in Springfield, Virginia; through his

When she flees to remote California, her ability to travel through memory to revisit the past secures

her experiences through her childlike point of view, which allows for a painfully pure set of painful memories

hallucinations and mental illness...until she realizes that the red door and visions of the past are real memories

story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main protagonist Lucy works to resolve her memory

Isabelle can't stop searching for her son, but she begins to wonder if she's an unreliable source of memories

Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories

reads of the past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a funny, raw, thoughtful memoir Reading memoirs centered around cancer is not always a go for me, but this book was special. scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories

When she flees to remote California, her ability to travel through memory to revisit the past secures

second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories

determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory

I included an immersive memoir (check out my endless Greedy Reading Lists of memoirs for more in this In doing so, he traces old memories and tracks down details from his childhood, reliving moments, piecing I listened to Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile, and I can't imagine feeling the full emotions

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

referred to in the book's title, there is a captivating, dark, in-between world of floating, nebulous memories

her parents' accounts hold merit, and begins to wonder with horror whether she can trust even her own memories

Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. I listened to In Memoriam  as an audiobook. For my full review, please see In Memoriam . in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs She's built years of happy memories in their low-key beach house rental. And for a bajillion other Bossy memoir reviews, check out the titles at this link .

His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

Reading memoirs centered around cancer is not always a go for me, but this book was special. scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories full review, check out Our Woman in Moscow. 08 You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn ​Penn's thoughtful memoir Penn pulls his memoir into another gear when he adds the fascinating layer of accidental political activism

It asks us to consider who sets and shapes our shared national memory and what and who gets left out.

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

Songteller includes previously unpublished photos, behind-the-scenes stories and memories. 05 The Bird

Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. In Memoriam is beautiful, frequently painful, and offers a layered, complicated version of happy ever I listened to In Memoriam  as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

In Olive, Again, she ambles through town and reflects on aging, on her life, and especially on memories

With the passing of the years, however, those memories become distant and malleable, and we shape them

With the passing of the years, however, those memories become distant and malleable, and we shape them

second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories

01 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner In her memoir Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner takes unflinching I listened to Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile, and I can't imagine feeling the full emotions Whether Sedaris is reliving specific, offbeat memories and mining them for poignancy and also laughs,

by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare yet fully developed memoir Newman's lets the reader into Edi and Ash's rabbit warren of private jokes and moments and memories,

And memory is not strictly mortal in its nature, either.

her parents' accounts hold merit; and begins to wonder with horror whether she can trust even her own memories

Cavanagh's twisty revenge mystery, Kill for Me, Kill for You ; and I'm listening to Maria Bamford's candid memoir , Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere . I don't love the title, but I'm hooked on the story. 03 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental You might also want to check out these Bossy reviews of memoirs I've read.

listening to The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman; and I'm listening to author Arundhati Roy's memoir sabotage. 02 Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy The author of The God of Small Things shares a memoir For more Bossy reviews of memoirs please check out the titles at this link . 03 The Man Who Died Twice

If you like to read memoirs like I do, you might be interested in the Greedy Reading Lists here: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year

set in glamorous Capri by Katy Hays, Saltwater ; I'm listening to standup comedian Youngmi Mayer's memoir , I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying ; and for my book club I'm listening to Patric Gagne's memoir, Sociopath Hays is also the author of The Cloisters . 02 I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir by Youngmi Mayer standup comedian and podcast host, and she is intrigued by dark humor, aiming to inject it into her memoir I'm listening to I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying as an audiobook. 03 Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne

The Paris Novel is the first novel by food writer, memoir author, food critic, and James Beard award-winner Her wonderful food-focused memoirs Garlic and Sapphires  and Tender at the Bone  were both listed in my Greedy Reading List of Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite , and you can find my review of Save Me the Plums , her memoir about heading up Gourmet magazine, here .

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Cher , the first in Cher's planned two-part memoir; I'm reading 01 Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher In the first of Cher's two-part memoir, she traces some of her So far the memoir feels focused on more of an account of what occurred, with emotional confusion and

century rural Scotland, Clear ; and I'm reading comedian and former pro tennis player Michael Kosta's memoir Tommy Tomlinson was a reporter for the Charlotte Observer for over two decades and is the author of a memoir Michael Kosta I didn't know anything about Michael Kosta when I began reading this book, but I love memoirs

opening up after heartbreak by David Nicholls; and I'm listening to Australian actress Rebel Wilson's memoir I'm listening to You Are Here as an audiobook. 03 Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson I love to read a memoir --if you haven't yet, you might want to check out the many stand-alone memoir reviews and memoir-focused A friend recommended actress Rebel Wilson's memoir Rebel Rising , and I'm listening to the Australian's

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Molly Jong-Fast's memoir about her tumultuous relationship with 01 How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast Molly Jong-Fast is a podcaster and How to Lose Your Mother is a poignant, sharp, darkly funny memoir of a challenging, volatile relationship

Sally Gould's memoir is named after a darkly humorous term of affection for paramedics in Australia ( In her memoir, Gould explores her early days of uncertainty, moments of panic, scenes of complete disgust For my full review, please check out The Everlasting . 04 Care and Feeding: A Memoir by Laurie Woolever I listened to this memoir as an audiobook. You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your

For the Music Lover 06 Heartbreaker: A Memoir by Mike Campbell I'm a fan of memoirs, particularly musicians ' memoirs, and I'm excited to read Mike Campbell's Heartbreaker --and to give it to a music lover on Heartbreaker is described as " a fast-paced, tender-hearted rock ’n’ roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell For more musicians' memoirs, please check out the books at this link and this one as well.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sally Gould's memoir about being a paramedic, Frog ; I'm reading In her memoir, Gould explores her early days of uncertainty, moments of panic, scenes of complete disgust