Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 08:29     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

Anonymous wrote:How is Jeannette McCurdy’s book?


extremely depressing. I bailed.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 07:56     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

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
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2023 07:55     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

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.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 21:42     Subject: Re:Best memoirs/biographies?

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.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 21:13     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

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.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 21:10     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

I liked Huma Abedin’s. She’s smart as a whip despite her choice in husband.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 21:05     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

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.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 20:51     Subject: Re:Best memoirs/biographies?

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.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 16:17     Subject: Re:Best memoirs/biographies?

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.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 15:14     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

How is Jeannette McCurdy’s book?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 15:04     Subject: Re:Best memoirs/biographies?

Carol Burnett's One More Time is excellent.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 10:14     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung. It completely changed the way I think about inter-racial adoption.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 10:12     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

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.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 10:10     Subject: Best memoirs/biographies?

The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 10:06     Subject: Re:Best memoirs/biographies?

Anonymous wrote:
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.