Odyssey: A long wandering usually marked by many changes in fortune. If people evolve as the result of circumstances in their lives, the main character of An Iranian Odyssey by […]
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Harvesting History While Farming the Flats
Near the beginning of Harvesting History, a memoir of land and filmmaking and family, it is 1969, and Muriel Aggie Murch, a nurse, and her filmmaker husband Walter have moved […]
Read MoreThe Strength of Water
This book has everything I want from a memoir: honesty, self-reflection, learning more about the author’s cultural and social upbringing, stories about resiliency, and more. I do wish that Karin […]
Read MoreDon’t Look in the Freezer
Reading Don’t Look in the Freezer is like sitting down with a friend in front of a roaring fire and trading your best, funniest, and most poignant pet stories. I […]
Read MoreGiving Up the Ghost: A Daughter’s Memoir
The author, Samantha “Sam” Rose, has been ghostwriting for other people for years, and it’s clear from the beginning of her memoir that she’s a talented writer. The book, although […]
Read MoreSuch a Pretty Picture: A Memoir
Andrea Leeb’s debut memoir, Such a Pretty Picture, is the brave, heart-breaking story of growing up with a predator—her own father—and a mother who must have known what was happening […]
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