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Split: A Memoir of Divorce 20 reviews
Suzanne Finnamore
Dutton Adult, 2008
Highly Recommended
+ A Familiar Story?
+ Brilliant look at divorce and the grieving process
+ With sadness, a hopefulness
+ Beautiful book!
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Manic: A Memoir 63 reviews
Terri Cheney
William Morrow, 2008
Terri Cheney's profound, shocking, and insightful tale
Manic takes its readers on a journey through the treacherous bouts of mania and the bleak depths of depression. Terri Cheney is a prime example of how mental illness and tragedy can afflict even the brightest, most educated, wealthy and above all pristine looking individuals. As a powerful and ...
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Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison 70 reviews
T. J. Parsell
Da Capo Press, 2007
a little warning: it haunts!
+ Wonderful and moving!
+ slow start, captivating end
+ Sh_t on my D_ck or Blood on my Shank
+ Shocking Eye-Opener
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness330 reviews
Kay Redfield Jamison
Vintage, 1996
Kay Jamisons credentials
+ An Unquiet Mind
+ Really Helps to Understand
I'd just like to correct something is one of the reviews.
Kay Jamison is not a psychiatrist. She is a psychologist who heads a psychiatric department. If you have read this book, you know that.
I've read over a dozen books on Bipolar Disorder. Being Bipolar myself, I really felt a kinship ...
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier419 reviews
Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
A Book Everyone Should Read!
+ Good book.
+ Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah has written an amazing memoir called A Long Way Gone, which tells the story of his life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone. This is a book that everyone should take the time to read, because it will really teach you a lot about the current problem worldwide, with young kids being ...
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir1135 reviews
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Best Book all year
+ Cant put it down!!!!
+ Read it against my better judgement ... and LOVED it!
+ One heckuva great book
+ I was rapt
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The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy30 reviews
Robert Leleux
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Extremely talented
+ Enjoyable and light
+ Can I Have Some More?
+ Marvelous, Sparkling Fun!!!
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The Nightmare on 6th Street: A Memoir of Politics, Corruption and Murder1 review
Michael Taylor
Albarr Press, 2008
WHAT A POWERFUL AND COURAGEOUS MEMOIR !!!
This book really was very thought provoking, heartfelt, and even heart wrencing at times; but an incredible read! The author so bravely gives a voice and sheds an incredibly bright light onto an area of darkness. He also reveals to others, they don't have to live with the pain and shame alone. When ...
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365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy39 reviews
Charla Muller, Betsy Thorpe
Berkley Trade, 2008
This is a gem -- and not just for women
+ A delightful read with insights on life as well as marriage
As a husband and father of two, I was intrigued with the title of this book. Is there a woman out there who would actually offer her man a full year of sex? I picked up this book with two thoughts in mind: 1) How did her husband get so lucky? and 2) How do I get my wife to read this book? I was ...
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Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp24 reviews
Stephanie Klein
William Morrow, 2008
Great Read
+ I love camp!
This was a fantastic read. After reading and relating to "Straight up and Dirty" I loved finding out how this insecure yet self absorbed character came to be. I think every woman can relate to "Moose" whether they spent summers at fat camp or not. This book spells out most female fear, whether ...
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Manic: A Memoir63 reviews
Terri Cheney
William Morrow, 2008
Terri Cheney's profound, shocking, and insightful tale
Manic takes its readers on a journey through the treacherous bouts of mania and the bleak depths of depression. Terri Cheney is a prime example of how mental illness and tragedy can afflict even the brightest, most educated, wealthy and above all pristine looking individuals. As a powerful and ...
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Split: A Memoir of Divorce20 reviews
Suzanne Finnamore
Dutton Adult, 2008
Highly Recommended
+ A Familiar Story?
+ Brilliant look at divorce and the grieving process
+ With sadness, a hopefulness
+ Beautiful book!
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365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy39 reviews
Charla Muller, Betsy Thorpe
Berkley Trade, 2008
This is a gem -- and not just for women
+ A delightful read with insights on life as well as marriage
As a husband and father of two, I was intrigued with the title of this book. Is there a woman out there who would actually offer her man a full year of sex? I picked up this book with two thoughts in mind: 1) How did her husband get so lucky? and 2) How do I get my wife to read this book? I was ...
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Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp24 reviews
Stephanie Klein
William Morrow, 2008
Great Read
+ I love camp!
This was a fantastic read. After reading and relating to "Straight up and Dirty" I loved finding out how this insecure yet self absorbed character came to be. I think every woman can relate to "Moose" whether they spent summers at fat camp or not. This book spells out most female fear, whether ...
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier419 reviews
Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
A Book Everyone Should Read!
+ Good book.
+ Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah has written an amazing memoir called A Long Way Gone, which tells the story of his life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone. This is a book that everyone should take the time to read, because it will really teach you a lot about the current problem worldwide, with young kids being ...
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The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy30 reviews
Robert Leleux
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Extremely talented
+ Enjoyable and light
+ Can I Have Some More?
+ Marvelous, Sparkling Fun!!!
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir1135 reviews
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Best Book all year
+ Cant put it down!!!!
+ Read it against my better judgement ... and LOVED it!
+ One heckuva great book
+ I was rapt
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness330 reviews
Kay Redfield Jamison
Vintage, 1996
Kay Jamisons credentials
+ An Unquiet Mind
+ Really Helps to Understand
I'd just like to correct something is one of the reviews.
Kay Jamison is not a psychiatrist. She is a psychologist who heads a psychiatric department. If you have read this book, you know that.
I've read over a dozen books on Bipolar Disorder. Being Bipolar myself, I really felt a kinship ...
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The Nightmare on 6th Street: A Memoir of Politics, Corruption and Murder1 review
Michael Taylor
Albarr Press, 2008
WHAT A POWERFUL AND COURAGEOUS MEMOIR !!!
This book really was very thought provoking, heartfelt, and even heart wrencing at times; but an incredible read! The author so bravely gives a voice and sheds an incredibly bright light onto an area of darkness. He also reveals to others, they don't have to live with the pain and shame alone. When ...
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Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison70 reviews
T. J. Parsell
Da Capo Press, 2007
a little warning: it haunts!
+ Wonderful and moving!
+ slow start, captivating end
+ Sh_t on my D_ck or Blood on my Shank
+ Shocking Eye-Opener
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