Recommendations for Memoirs for a friend

[Anonymous]

I'm putting together a birthday gift for a friend and am looking for recommendations for books, specifically memoirs. She has enjoyed that genre in the past.

Most recently, she recommended: "Crying in H Mart" and "They Called Us Exceptional". I hope that provides some guidance..

But if nothing comes to mind and you have ideas for fiction, I'm open to those too.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I've posted this before, but Rob Lowe's is excellent.

[Anonymous]

Just listened to John Stomos... it was great. Warm and funny and he takes responsibility for where he went wrong without blaming others. Contrast to Matthew Perry's book which was just one litany of how his problems were someone else's fault.

I am also loving Henry Winkler's

[Anonymous]

Some memoirs I've enjoyed -

Spare by Prince Henry

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

[Anonymous]

Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett. He's the lead singer of Airborne Toxic Event. Born into a cult; his family got out, but not without a ton of mental and emotional damage. Really well written.

[Anonymous]

The Forgotten Girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've posted this before, but Rob Lowe's is excellent.

+1

Especially the first one - I think it’s called “Stories I only tell My Friends.” It’s not a typical celebrity tell-all. I’d say it’s more of a series of essays about his life that together form a surprisingly reflective and thoughtful personal memoir - not just a play-by-play of his life.

The second one included some excellent essays/chapters, too. But overall, I thought the first was stronger.

[Anonymous]

Anything by David Sedaris

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the suggestions! I hadn't heard of most of them.

[Anonymous]

Hello, Molly by Molly Shannon
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan

[Anonymous]

Educated, Glass Castle, Angela’s Ashes, Wild

[Anonymous]

On Writing by Stephen King

Don't much like his books, but really enjoying this!

[Anonymous]

Chosen By a Horse. No one famous, just a really great memoir for new beginnings and animal lovers.

[Anonymous]

Especially if you're from and/or care about DC, both Katherine Graham and Bill Bradlee's books are amazing. I have recommended Oh the Glory of it All by Sean Wilsey on other book theads on DCUM before -- it's great. And A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.

[Anonymous]

Nobody Will Tell You This but Me by Bess Kalb
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin