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Must-read memoirs of 2012 (so far!)
According to our most recent Reader Survey, memoirs are one of the Top 5 favorite genres of BookPage readers. Thankfully, there have been a slew of outstanding memoirs this year. To date, we have recommended 29 memoirs in 2012. The … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Wedding in Haiti, Alison Bechdel, Alyssa Harad, Amanda Bennett, Anna Quindlen, Anne Enright, Anne Lamott, Are You My Mother?, Bloom, Burn Down the Ground, Catherine Hollis, Cheryl Strayed, Coming to My Senses, Dan Gets a Minivan, Dan Zevin, Daniel Duane, Doron Weber, Eat and Run, Eleanor Herman, elizabeth Weil, Full Body Burden, Gypsy Boy, How to Cook Like a Man, Howard Frank Mosher, Immortal Bird, Jane Maas, Jeanette Winterson, Jenny Lawson, Joe Kissack, John Ramsey, Julia Alvarez, Kambri Crews, Kelle Hampton, King Peggy, Kristen Iversen, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake, Lucimarian Roberts, Mad Women, Making Babies, Marcus Samuelsson, memoirs, Mikey Walsh, MWF Seeking BFF, My Story My Song, No Cheating Ny Dying, Paris I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, Patricia Ellis, Peggielene Bartels, Rachel Bertsche, Rosencrans Baldwin, Scott Jurek, Some Assembly Required, The Cost of Hope, The Fourth Fisherman, The Great Northern Express, The Other Side of Suffering, Up: A Mother and Daughter’s Peakbagging Adventure, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Wild, Yes Chef
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