Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 10:44     Subject: Re:Please recommend a great memoir

Lit by Mary Karr.

The Night of the Gun by David Carr.

I read a lot of memoirs and these two are my favorites.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 10:30     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

Wild. Like a combo of the Glass Castle and A Walk in the Woods. (A Walk in the Woods is also amazing.)
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 10:29     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

I also really like travel and cooking memoirs, even though I don't do much of either.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 10:28     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

Hmm, some of these sound kind of like biographies, but I haven't read them. I loved "Eat, Pray, Love", Stephanie Klein's memoirs, and "Wild".
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 10:15     Subject: Re:Please recommend a great memoir

Also, although they aren't entirely memoirs, any of David Sedaris' books would be good.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 10:12     Subject: Re:Please recommend a great memoir

"Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me" Mindy Kaling
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 10:08     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

Read the one about Marjorie Merriweather Post. Absolutely fascinating but a long read.

Also, the one about Evalyn Walsh McLean, the last owner of the Hope Diamond, and longtime DC resident. I can't believe someone hasn't made a movie about this yet.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 09:32     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

Katherine Graham's Personal History.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 09:30     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

Drinking: A Love Story by Carolyn Knapp
Wasted by Marya Hornbacher is another good one a PP mentioned
I bought the Tori Spelling one from a $1 discount table and read it. It was kind of entertaining.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 07:30     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

Ruth Reichel and Julia Child.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 07:16     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

I second "The Glass Castle." That book simply amazed me. One of the best books ever. Ever.

I love memoirs OP. I am addicted to them.

My favorites include:

Elizabeth Smart, A Child Called "It", Kris Jenner, Corey Feldman, Rob Lowe, sTORI telling, and Naomi Judd.

The reason I listed the above specifically is because they are juicy and do not hold back.

Oh one more...The one by Madonna's brother is excellent. He tells everything about Madonna in it. Can you say juicy?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 06:52     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

The Road From Coorain--Jill Ker Conway
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 06:51     Subject: Re:Please recommend a great memoir

John McEnroe - You Cannot Be Serious
Andre Agassi - Open
Mark Salzman - Lost in Place (LOVE this book; I've read it a hundred times)
Mark Salzman (again) - Iron and Silk
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 06:48     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

Wasted - Marya Hornbacher (she had severe eating disorder)

Until I say goodbye - Susan Spencer Wendel (woman who came down with ALS and decided to maximize her time before becoming paralyzed)

The Broke Diaries - Angela Nissel (broke college girl who gained an internet audience blogging about her escapades)

Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot (bio, not a memoir, but it really is good. About a woman who died years ago whose cells were harvested without her families consent.)

The Corner - David Simon (Tells the story of a particular corner of Baltimore, marred by drugs. Inspired the Wire. Very gritty)
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2014 06:16     Subject: Please recommend a great memoir

What I've read and liked:
Glass Castle
Chosen by a Horse
My Lobotomy
Bossy Pants
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Running With Scissors

Any other ideas or interesting people I should look into?