Posts tagged with ‘Memoirs’
March 9, 2013
A FATHER’S MEMOIR of his son’s experience of autism reflects their shared humor and bookish quirkiness.
Grade: SOLID B
BAD ANIMALS: A FATHER'S ACCIDENTAL EDUCATION IN AUTISM
Skyhorse Publishing
2012
Tags: Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews
March 7, 2013
A HORRIFYING CHILDHOOD OF desperate poverty and abuse in 1950s Dublin, vividly recalled. Harsh, compelling.
Grade: B PLUS
MA, HE SOLD ME FOR A FEW CIGARETTES: A MEMOIR OF DUBLIN IN THE 1950S
Seven Stories Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Dublin, Ireland, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Women's Issues
February 12, 2013
SHOCKING, TOUCHING, SALTY memoir from singer Bettye LaVette follows the highs and lows of her career and life.
Grade: SOLID B
A WOMAN LIKE ME
Penguin/Blue Rider Press
2012
Tags: African American Writers, Detroit, Memoirs, Music, Non-Fiction, Rhythm and Blues Music, Solid B Reviews
February 7, 2013
GHANA’S PRESIDENT DELIGHTS, educates with a charming, insightful memoir about his country and its changes.
Grade: B PLUS
MY FIRST COUP D'ETAT: AND OTHER TRUE STORIES FROM THE LOST DECADES OF AFRICA
Bloomsbury USA
2012
Tags: Africa, B Plus Reviews, Ghana, History, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Politics, Public Policy, Social and Cultural Commentary
February 6, 2013
A WINE CRITIC’S CHATTY, engaging memoir advocates informed enjoyment of wine, not competitive connoisseurship.
Grade: SOLID B
HOW TO LOVE WINE: A MEMOIR AND MANIFESTO
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Wine and Spirits Writing
January 24, 2013
UNUSUAL, HIGHLY CANDID memoir from a woman whose husband of only one month was jailed for shocking crimes.
Grade: SOLID B
THROUGH THE GLASS
Gallery Books
2012
Tags: Canada, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, True Crime
December 31, 2012
WILD, ROUGH AND TUMBLE memoir by a high-end art forger of his checkered career and jet set life. Unruly fun!
Grade: SOLID B
CAVEAT EMPTOR: THE SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN ART FORGER
Pegasus
2012
Tags: Art History, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, Visual Arts
December 25, 2012
SURPRISINGLY ENTERTAINING MEMOIR details a writer’s multi-decade struggle with a serious anxiety disorder.
Grade: SOLID B
MONKEY MIND: A MEMOIR OF ANXIETY
Simon & Schuster
2012
Tags: Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
December 23, 2012
A MOTHER/DAUGHTER relationship, fractured by addiction and depression, is healed by feminism and by coming out.
Grade: SOLID B
RIDING FURY HOME: A MEMOIR
Seal Press
2012
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Women's Issues
December 5, 2012
THE INCOMPARABLE KENYAN WRITER Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s second volume of memoir juxtaposes political and personal.
Grade: A MINUS
IN THE HOUSE OF THE INTERPRETER: A MEMOIR
Knopf Doubleday
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, African Writers, Black Writers, Kenya, Kenyan Writers, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social and Cultural Commentary