This is a list of memoirs that my advisor at Mt St Vincent University recommended I read. I can hardly wait to get started on them!
Allison, Dorothy Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Baker, Russell Growing Up
Burroughs, Augusten Running with Scissors
Cariou, Warren Lake of the Prairies
Choy, Wayson Not Yet: A Memoir of Living and Almost Dying
Conway, Jill Ker The Road from Coorain
Crozier, L and Lane, P (Eds) Addicted: Notes from the Belly
of the Beast
Dallaire, Romeo Shake Hands with the Devil
Danica, Elly Don’t
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Dillard, Annie An American Childhood
Dragland, Stan Apocrypha
Fuller, Alexandra Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Fuller, Alexandra Scribbling the Cat
Gates, Henry Louis Colored People: A Memoir
Gildiner, Catherine Too Close to the Falls
Gornick, Vivian Fierce Attachments
Grealy, Lucy Autobiography of a Face
Hellman, Lillian Pentimento
Hoffman, Eva Lost in Translation
Karr, Mary The Liars’ Club
Kincaid, Jamaica Annie John
Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Lamott, Anne Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Lamott, Anne Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Gift from the Sea
Mairs, Nancy Voice Lessons
Manguel, Alberto Why Are You Telling Me This?
Menzies, Heather Enter Mourning: A Memoir on Death, Dementia,
and Coming Home
Miller, Sue The Story of My Father
Moody, Rick The Black Veil
Nabokov, Vladimir Speak, Memory
Ondaatje, Michael Running in the Family
Proust, Marcel Remembrance of Things Past
Quindlen, Anna One True Thing
Rodriguez, Richard Hunger of Memory
Simon, Rachel Riding the Bus with My Sister
Wolff, Tobias This Boy’s Life
Woolf, Virginia Moments of Being