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in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs

The most fascinating parts for me were the late-in-life reflections from those who had been involved in the IRA's brutal and unrelenting violence. Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist with an Irish name but without a dog in the fight, fantastically shapes the endless trails and tales from the Irish Troubles into a narrative, and he lays out the web of motivations and passionate beliefs behind the conflicts so that an outsider can begin to comprehend what occurred and why. Toward the end of the book, says, in an accurate reflection of his book: “...I saw an opportunity to tell a story about how people become radicalized in their uncompromising devotion to a cause, and about how individuals—and a whole society—make sense of political violence once they have passed through the crucible and finally have time to reflect.” The most fascinating parts of this book for me were the late-in-life reflections and in some cases regrets from those who had been involved in brutal and unrelenting violence. Many began as steadfast and unrelenting IRA paramilitary members but ended up emotionally and sometimes physically broken after time in prison, hunger strikes, and feeling haunted by the deaths they were responsible for. It was incredible to read how former IRA top man Gerry Adams managed to create his own fact-defying narrative, practically erasing his history of violence and masterminding, essentially by sheer will. The disturbing facts were ignored (by everyone besides the disgruntled but powerless former IRA members who had once surrounded him and who had done his often murderous bidding) and his violent associations of the past shed so successfully that he could become a respected and effective politician. What did you think? For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction. It was the human interest story behind the politics of the many events I remember from the news when I was young, and I thought it was fascinating. #politics, #nonfiction, #fourstarbookreview

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,

Turner's story is inspired by her family's memoirs, and her Sarah Prine is a strong woman living on the

I loved listening to her fantastically raspy voice as she read her memoir in audiobook form and feel

somehow I still haven't read it--as well as A Long Way Down, Slam, How to Be Good, About a Boy, and the memoir

Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Illuminating Memoirs

Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Illuminating Memoirs

for my book club I'm reading Lisa Ridz é n's story about a Swedish man aging and looking back at his memories beast of a fantasy novel (it's 1040 pages) tracks a healer and alchemist suffering from significant memory On paper, she is a figure of little importance, but the deliberate tampering with her memories of the But Kaine Ferron, a dark necromancer who is attempting to release her memories, turns out to be a key His wife, who suffers from dementia, is in a care center, and his memories of her pop up in painful,

Gorgeous five years ago); and I'm listening to Karen Thompson Walker's speculative mystery around memory Issues of memory, chosen family, history, loneliness, and love shape Vuong's novel. She has a perfect memory, able to recall events, surroundings, and information down to the finest detail She is found face down and unconscious in Prospect Park, with no memory of what has occurred. She experiences other instances of activity without memory, vivid visions of long-dead figures from her

visits, calls and check-ins from his son Hans, short walks with his beloved elkhound Sixten, and vivid memories His wife, who suffers from dementia, is in a care center, and his memories of her pop up in painful, In Ridzén's novel, while the past and Bo's many memories begin to become more vivid and realistic to

beast of a fantasy novel (it's 1040 pages) tracks a healer and alchemist suffering from significant memory On paper, Helena is a figure of little importance, but the obvious and deliberate tampering with her memories Resistance has led many to believe that she was an essential part of their fight--and that accessing her memories But Kaine Ferron, a dark necromancer who is attempting to release her memories, turns out to be a key

upcoming fantasy novel Break Wide the Sea ; I'm reading Seth Haddon's debut fiction novel Volatile Memory Sara Holland is also the author of the Everless and Havenfall series. 02 Volatile Memory (Volatile Memory Volatile Memory is Seth Haddon's science fiction debut. 03 Culpability by Bruce Holsinger The Cassidy-Shaws

Helena Smith is a neuroscientist creating technology to preserve memories and allow people to relive are not real, and that they’re actually mentally ill, suffering from False Memory Syndrome. When they encounter loved ones from their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases While Sutton begins digging into what’s real and what’s a lie, Smith works feverishly to preserve memories When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel

01 Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman #1) by Olivia Waite The playful tone and clever main protagonist For my full review of this book please see Murder by Memory. 02 Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz This Please check out my full review of Automatic Noodle. 03 Volatile Memory (Volatile Memory #1) by Seth crew on a quest (you can check out other titles with this theme that I've reviewed here), and Volatile Memory

Haunted by the past and threatened in the present, Gretel shapes the novel with disturbing memories from Gretel's unwanted bond with the young boy downstairs brings memories flooding back from her own childhood

My own memories receded and the book memories became the real memories, far more than the outside, far

inexplicable and complicated occurrences, and speculation about unfathomable possibilities in this novel about memory She has a perfect memory: she's able to recall events, surroundings, and information down to the finest She is found face down and unconscious in Prospect Park, with no memory of what has occurred . Dr. dissociative fugue, a rare condition that could account for her ability to act and function but recall no memory Please click here  for more Bossy reviews of books about memory. 06 Heartwood by Amity Gaige Amity Gaige's

Me ; and I'm reading Olivia Waite's slim science fiction-mystery, the first in a series, Murder by Memory Part of Your World , Yours Truly , The Friend Zone , and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist . 03 Murder by Memory

and Kembral tentatively take steps toward a truce, and they're two of the only people retaining their memories world-building, in which things are similar to yet different from earlier versions, creatures lose their memories

and I'm reading Tell Me an Ending, Jo Harkin's speculative fiction about the purposeful erasing of memories Harkin Jo Harkin's speculative fiction Tell Me an Ending is about a tech company that erases unwanted memories When people around the world are notified that they have requested and have had specific memories removed Meanwhile, a psychologist at a memory recovery clinic begins reinstating memories at individuals' requests

secret agent Ethan Burke wakes up in a strange place, by a river, horribly bruised and in pain--with no memory As his memory comes back to him in pieces, he recalls that his mission--before the devastating car crash

The gothic story King Nyx offers haunting imagery, sinister mysteries, unreliable memories, resurfacing Meanwhile mysteries from Anna's experiences in the Fort household seem held together by crucial gaps in memory

Lewis is expected to retain his intellect and personality, his memories and feelings--but he will do Lewis's transformation stirs up difficult memories and complex emotions surrounding Wren's mother's change

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

clinic that erases and reinstates memories at clients' requests, the impact of painful experiences on The key memory and all connected elements are eliminated, presumably allowing these individuals to plow But some clients are beginning to have flashes of their erased memory, "traces" that disturb and confuse I was captivated by the various situations, secrets, how memory is connected to a sense of self, and the complicated web of memories, experience, personality, and hopes and dreams that make us who we are

I was able to do so courtesy of The Goldfinch Foundation , which was formed in honor and in memory of

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

They love each other, but they are able to stay married only because they push down the memories of tragedies

As we witness memories from childhood and adulthood, each character considers how they might have remained

In this speculative fiction story, issues of memory, creativity, wealth and power, envy, fame, self-doubt

centers around the sisters' unlikely, disaster-ridden ocean voyage, with dips into the past to revisit memories

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

Annie's own trip down memory lane is unexpectedly hedonistic, joyful, and full of chance encounters as

She's built years of happy memories in their low-key beach house rental.

She doesn't sugarcoat her memories, and her revisiting the key ups and downs is powerful.

After sixteen-year-old Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood attack of a mythical creature on a student--then must evade a fellow student's attempts to wipe her memory

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

Memories can be manipulated and erased, as characters' minds take the shape of a previous reboot and

Helena Smith is a neuroscientist creating technology to preserve memories and allow people to relive are not real, and that they’re actually mentally ill, suffering from False Memory Syndrome. When they encounter loved ones from their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases While Sutton begins digging into what’s real and what’s a lie, Smith works feverishly to preserve memories When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel

make self-destructive decisions but ultimately settle into more settled futures while holding their memories

another layer of sadness, particularly for other friends and family members who want to share the load of memory

Reality, dream, desire, memory, and guilt all become intertwined, and it's difficult for Samantha--and

was able to do so (online) courtesy of The Goldfinch Foundation , which was formed in honor and in memory

Issues of memory, chosen family, history, loneliness, and love shape Vuong's novel, and the author forces

After sixteen-year-old Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood attack of a mythical creature on a student--then must evade a fellow student's attempts to wipe her memory

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

cult; and So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell's story of mining youthful, sometimes difficult memories In doing so, he traces memories and tracks down details from his childhood, reliving moments and bringing The story promises to explore loss, the state of seeking, the power of youthful memory, and the irresistible

Helena Smith is a neuroscientist creating technology to preserve memories and allow people to relive People like the victim Sutton is investigating are told that their vivid recollections of their life’s memories are not real, and that they’re actually mentally ill, suffering from False Memory Syndrome. When they encounter loved ones from their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases While Sutton begins digging into what’s real and what’s a lie, Smith works feverishly to preserve memories

I was disappointed that she doesn't dig into her former self's memories enough to unlock a real connection