The Electric Woman by Tessa Fontaine: woman who literally ran away to the last ‘freakshow’ in the US to deal with her mother’s terminal illness. Heart-wrenching.
This is a novel written about a real person – Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. It’s about Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly the Atlantic. It’s a wonderful book about the early part of her life in Kenya in the 1930’s.
Wasted- Marya Hornbacher
Angela’s Ashes
Running with Scissors
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman was so good. The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy is not a bad read.
Prozac Nation
Running with Scissors
Angelas ashes
My all time favourite book, wish I could find something as good.
Educated by Tara Westover
An Unknown Woman by Alice Koller
The Universal Tone by Carlos Santana
What Does This Button Do? by Bruce Dickinson
Dark Days by D. Randall Blythe
Educated by Tara Westover
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Breathing Out by Peggy Lipton
The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx; The Queen Mother:The Official Biography by Wm Shawcross; Barbara Bush: A Memoir, by Barbara Bush
The Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Lying by Lauren Slater
Naked by David Sedaris
I loved Glass Castle too, so well written.
Brain on Fire, Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
Second Brain on Fire. Really good ?
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt is the first one. It’s excellent!
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Dancing as fast as I can
The Last Lecture …. amazing book…
North of Normal; When Breath Becomes Air
Love Warrior!! By Glennon Doyle. One of the most memorable books I have ever read
Truth and Beauty.
Angela’s Ashes
Next on my TBR pile!
It’s not memoirs per se, Burroughs Junky is on point.
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Gorilla and the Bird, A Memoir of Madness and a Mother’s Love by Zak McDermott ? ?
The Girl with Seven Names, A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee
The Waiting, A True Story of a Lost Child by Cathy LaGrow
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son in Life, Love and Loss by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
I absolutely loved ‘The Rainbow comes & goes’ by Anderson Cooper.
The Electric Woman by Tessa Fontaine: woman who literally ran away to the last ‘freakshow’ in the US to deal with her mother’s terminal illness. Heart-wrenching.
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This is a novel written about a real person – Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. It’s about Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly the Atlantic. It’s a wonderful book about the early part of her life in Kenya in the 1930’s.
Angela’s Ashes
by Frank McCourt
Unloved by Peter Roche
Keri series by Kat Ward
Street Kid &
Street Kid Fights On
by Judy Westwater
Where Children Run
by Karen Emilson
Spilled Milk
by K.L. Randis
Call Me Tuesday &
Call Me Cockroach
by Leigh Byrne
Don’t Tell Mummy &
When Daddy Comes Home by Toni Maguire
(& memoirs she’s written for other child abuse survivors)
Daddy’s Little Earner &
Escaping Daddy
by Maria Landon
Cry Silent Tears &
Cry Myself to Sleep
by Joe Peters
No More Silence
by David Whelan
Please Daddy No &
I Just Wanted to be Loved
by Stuart Howarth
The Dark Secrets of Rebecca Marie
by R.M. Mendez
Did You Hear Me Crying?
by Cassie Moore
Invisible Tears
by Abigail Lawrence
No Easy Road
by Patsy Whyte
Tell No One
by Sarah Cooper
Little Drifters
by Kathleen O’Shea
Never Tell
by Catherine McCall
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
‘All Over but the Shoutin” by Rick Bragg. (I haven’t read too many books twice).