Best memoirs/biographies?

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Anonymous wrote:Katherine Graham’s was excellent.

Yes. One of the best autobiographies I've read.

I'm a PP. I found this so dense, I had trouble getting through it. Maybe I'll try again.

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The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson

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The Glass Castle was big many moons ago.

Also, I enjoyed Open Book by Jessica Simpson. I am her age and watched her on Newlyweds and she was just part of that early 2000s pop culture era. It was a fun one.

Less fun but important, Hunger by Roxane Gay. Ooof it's a hard one but the writing is excellent.

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All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung. It completely changed the way I think about inter-racial adoption.

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Carol Burnett's One More Time is excellent.

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How is Jeannette McCurdy’s book?

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I agree that everyone should read “The Glass Castle.”
Amazing book.

Demi Moore also penned an incredible memoir.
Very raw + definitely honest read.

Holly Madison’s Down The Rabbit Hole is also a very honest & excellent written memoir about her time w/Hugh Hefner.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that everyone should read “The Glass Castle.”
Amazing book.

Demi Moore also penned an incredible memoir.
Very raw + definitely honest read.

Holly Madison’s Down The Rabbit Hole is also a very honest & excellent written memoir about her time w/Hugh Hefner.

Oh, I loved the first two of those. Will have to check out Holly’s. Girls Next Door was a guilty pleasure back in the day.

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I liked the autobiography of Evalyn Walsh McLean, entitled Father Struck it Rich. She was the last owner of the Hope Diamond. Lots of great DC history in there.

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I liked Huma Abedin’s. She’s smart as a whip despite her choice in husband.

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The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn Saks. I learned so much about mental illness and fortitude from this book. Saks deservedly won a McArthur genius grant for this book and her other scholarship.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Katherine Graham’s was excellent.

Yes. One of the best autobiographies I've read.

This is one of my favorite books.

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Lauren Bacall - By Myself. I read it back in high school and still remember it fondly. Great read about old Hollywood and her romance with Bogey. I think she wrote a sequel later, but this was the original.

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Anonymous wrote:Viola Davis’s is great, highly recommend. Really stays with you.

Jessica Simpson’s is also entertaining, although like PPs on the other Jessica Simpson thread, I don’t think she was completely honest in that book. I read both as audiobooks, narrated by them, and I would recommend that.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:How is Jeannette McCurdy’s book?

extremely depressing. I bailed.