#memoirs — Public Fediverse posts

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

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AN EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF MEMOIR: a writer's unflinching examination of her childhood sexual abuse by her stepfather, who (unusually) faced legal consequences. Broader connections to literature and history add dimension. SOLID A

https://bookshop.org/p/books/sad-tiger-neige-sinno/bd8bc13ebb8aeed9?ean=9781644214671&next=t

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Lena Dunham Can’t Help Herself

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/lena-dunham-cant-help-herself

CANDID FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS from LGBTQAI2S people who experienced conversion “therapy” are infuriating, heartbreaking, sometimes witty, always inspiring. Thoughtfully curated and respectfully presented, this is an important collection.

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(no letter grade; that felt inappropriate for a collection of such personal work)

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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