Tag Archives: Personal Memoirs
The Iceberg
by Marion Coutts“A memoir quite unlike any other. It has the strength of an arrow: taut, spiked, quavering, working to its fatal conclusion . . ….
H Is for Hawk
by Helen MacdonaldSoon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson “Helen Macdonald’s beautiful and nearly feral book, H Is for Hawk,…
Full Service
by Scotty Bowers“In this shocking exposé, Bowers finally reveals his sexual liaisons with the rich and famous, sparing no details along the way. . . . Bowers has no regrets—having led a life of pleasure, satisfaction and joy that the rest of us can only envy.” —The New York Post…
Family Meals
by Michael TuckerThe follow-up to his celebrated memoir, Living in a Foreign Language, Michael Tucker’s Family Meals is a heartwarming book about family and the challenges…
Everything Is Wonderful
by Sigrid Rausing“Sigrid Rausing’s memoir is a charming, unsettling, and unusually intimate glimpse into the life of an Estonian village in transition.” —Anne Applebaum
The Deserter’s Tale
by Joshua Key“Destined to become part of the literature of the Iraq war . . . Key’s clear voice rings out . . . with anguish…
The Dancer from Khiva
by Bibish“Will be read in a single sitting and not soon forgotten. This is a new kind of literature, one that offers the reader not…
Dadland
by Keggie CarewA poignant and engaging family memoir about a daughter who is racing to assemble her father’s story—one that includes parachuting into France and Burma…
Confessions of a Mullah Warrior
by Masood FarivarFrom an Afghan with deep roots in his nation’s history, a courageous and evocative memoir of fleeing the Soviet invasion, coming of age in…
But You Did Not Come Back
by Marceline Loridan-IvensA phenomenal success in Europe, But You Did Not Come Back is an important addition to the library of Holocaust literature—a deeply moving story…
