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Question: What are some really good memoirs to read!?
I like simple yet compelling dramatic true life memoirs!. I have already read a few !. Are there any really good ones out there I don't yet know of!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Please Stop Laughing at Me* by Jodee Blanco
Madness: A Bipolar Life* by Marya Hornbacher
Wasted : A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher
The Center of Winter by Marya Hornbacher
Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank WarrenWww@QuestionHome@Com

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah!. It's about a Chinese girl whose family hates her because they blame her for her mother's death!.

also, The Glass Castle is a great read!. I can't remember the author right now but it's about a dysfunctional family that actually chooses to be homeless and they travel from place to place!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are! There are! I think the best memoir writer to emerge in the last ten years is George Brennan, Jr!. His memoirs are so well written and are so funny that he really makes you feel like you were along for his life's journeys!. His characters are so colorful and he can take you on an emotional ride throughout his two books!. One thing is for sure!. I could not put down either one of them when I started reading and they are the only books I can remember where I actually laughed out loud multiple times!. They are also not long reads!.

I recommend:

Excellence: Sons of Xavier Forever - George Brennan, Jr!.
Bats, Brats, and Stats - George Brennan, Jr!.

Both books are available by order at all bookstores and online outlets like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Target!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom!.

It's about a family who hides Jews during WWII and how the family survived (or not) the concentration camps!.

It's a beautiful story and it goes around full circle, but i won't tell you how as that will give away the ending!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Memoirs of Geisha!.Www@QuestionHome@Com