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LIAR by Rob Roberge

December 2, 2016

EXCRUCIATINGLY HONEST MEMOIR of a life marked by both intense creativity and by mental illness, addiction.

Grade: SOLID B

LIAR: A MEMOIR
Crown Publishing Group
2016

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AN ABBREVIATED LIFE by Ariel Leve

November 16, 2016

QUIETLY HEARTBREAKING MEMOIR of a childhood spent amid affluence and creativity—and terrible abuse.

Grade: B PLUS

AN ABBREVIATED LIFE: A MEMOIR
HarperCollins
2016

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POUR ME, A LIFE by A. A. Gill

November 4, 2016

A COMPLICATED LIFE, WITH ALCOHOL and after: A. A. Gill’s memoir is crushingly candid and self-pitiless.

Grade: A MINUS

POUR ME, A LIFE
Penguin
2016

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YOU’LL GROW OUT OF IT by Jessi Klein

October 22, 2016

SHARP, SALTY HUMOR draws on the ridiculousness of trying to be “feminine” enough for showbiz and the world. SOLID B

YOU’LL GROW OUT OF IT
Grand Central Publishing
2016

Grade: SOLID B

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LIVING WITH A DEAD LANGUAGE by Ann Patty

September 15, 2016

A LOVE LETTER TO LATIN, and to learning new things after fifty, is also a charmingly frank memoir. B PLUS

LIVING WITH A DEAD LANGUAGE: MY ROMANCE WITH LATIN
Penguin Publishing Group
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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A BODY, UNDONE by Christina Crosby

September 9, 2016

AN UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST MEMOIR of life with quadriplegia combines raw personal experience, cultural theory. A MINUS

A BODY, UNDONE : LIVING ON AFTER GREAT PAIN
New York University Press
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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BOY ERASED by Garrard Conley

August 12, 2016

A STINT IN “EX-GAY” THERAPY, described with wrenching honesty and a wealth of compassion. B PLUS

BOY ERASED
Penguin Publishing Group
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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GREETINGS FROM UTOPIA PARK: SURVIVING A TRANSCENDENT CHILDHOOD by Claire Hoffman

August 3, 2016

FASCINATING, THOUGHTFUL MEMOIR of a childhood spent in the Transcendental Meditation community in Iowa. B PLUS

GREETINGS FROM UTOPIA PARK: SURVIVING A TRANSCENDENT CHILDHOOD
HarperCollins
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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IN MEMORY OF BREAD by Paul Graham

July 23, 2016

A FOOD LOVER’S MEMOIR of his celiac diagnosis, its impact on his life. Thoughtful if a bit over-impassioned. SOLID B

IN MEMORY OF BREAD
Clarkson Potter Publishers
2016

Grade: SOLID B

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THE FLY TRAP by Fredrik Sjöberg

June 24, 2016

EXTRAVAGANTLY ECCENTRIC MEMOIR from a Swedish entomologist charms with its love of nature, science, history.

Grade: B PLUS

THE FLY TRAP
Knopf Doubleday
2015

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