#memoirs — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #memoirs, aggregated by home.social.
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Still reeling from Dolly Parton, we're mourning another great loss: Tim Curry who gave his face & voice to so many great roles
If you want to honour his life by learning more about his achievements, check out his #memoir "Vagabond" here: https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1939735882 -
How Tears for Fears Conquered Fame, Fortune, and Therapy
Photo: Ilpo Musto/Shutterstock Roland Orzabal didn’t set out to write a standard musician’s memoir. “Live Aid was a…
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Book Giveaway!
“So, You Think You Know the Jersey Shore” by Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta
BOOK GIVEAWAY! USA ONLY!
Happy National Give Something Away Day!
Win one of my three books!
Just comment which one you’d like to read and I’ll put your names in a hat and pick a winner at the end of the day, around 5 p.m. EST.If you win, I’ll ask for your email address so I can get your mailing address.
Totally free, all postage paid! USA ONLY!
(This contest is on Facebook and WordPress, so there will be two winners.)Here’s the books to choose from:
1. “I Don’t Want to Be Like You” — My memoir growing up in the 1970s and dealing with bullies, and how they didn’t break me. Inspirational and honest.
2. “The Gypsy Smiled” — About a young woman trying to make it in the music business. The book was inspired by Lou Christie’s song “The Gypsy Cried.” Lots of kitschy fun — Elvis tribute artists, all-girl bands inspired by Tom Jones. Fun and silly.
3. “So, You Think You Know the Jersey Shore?” — A reference guide I put together about all the nooks and crannies of The Jersey Shore. What’s cool is that I took some of the photos for the book.Apple Records legend, Brute Force, reading my book, “I Don’t Want to Be Like You”
Model: Pleasant Gehman
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Can J. D. Vance Serve Both God and Donald Trump?
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UNSPARINGLY CANDID, THOUGHTFUL memoir offers a kaleidoscopic look at the pain and soul-searching a writer experiences from her mother’s weaponized “silent treatment.” Multivocal, poetic narrative is powerfully on point. B PLUS
https://tinhouse.com/book/a-silent-treatment/
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FEARLESS, POETIC MEMOIR from a Cree, Salish, and Métis writer tells the story not only of her own traumatic family history, but of the brutal generational oppressions that cast painful shadows in too many Indigenous lives. B PLUS
https://houseofanansi.com/collections/new-releases/products/soft-as-bones
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Wowzers! 'Freeing Teresa' was a triple winner at #BookFest Fall 2024 in the Audiobook, Memoir and Human Rights Categories! This brings our total to 15 awards & prizes!
'Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me
Silver, Audio Book (Overall Presentation)
Silver, Memoirs (Personal)
Silver, Human Rights & Political Movements (Nonfiction)Take a bow, @robcottingham, who plays Conrad in the audiobook. 👏 ⭐
https://www.thebookfest.com/award_entries/freeing-teresa-a-true-story-about-my-sister-and-me/