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Any good memoirs?

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KimJong-Illest
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I have to read a memoir for the first quarter of this semester. I can pick whatever book I want as long as it is a memoir. Any suggestions on a good one, I don't know of any.
Aug 23 2013 6:25PM
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MilaKunis
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memoirs of agatia

Aug 23 2013 6:31PM
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Laurent.
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Speak, Memory from Vladimir Nabakov.

One of the finest autobiographies of our time from one of the 20th century's greatest writers.

Also do get the 1999 (or later) edition. This is essential because it includes the unpublished last chapter, a pseudo-review comparing Speak, Memory with another, nonexistent memoir called When Lilacs Last. (That title refers to Whitman's poem on Lincoln's assassination and to the lilacs of Nabokov's childhood home)
Aug 23 2013 7:19PM
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JAHpow
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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me

I'm pretty sure the guy who it involves wrote it. It's about this german soldier who escapes a russian mining pow camp in siberia across from alaska and his journey home.
Aug 23 2013 7:48PM
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mmallender.
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i have zero knowledge about memoirs for reading material, but you should listen to lawrence. i feel like he probably knows his shit about this sort of thing
Aug 23 2013 8:25PM
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Skavengers303
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7 years into tibet


Aug 23 2013 8:54PM
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Astomp
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Book by Ishmael Beah

Child soldiersim Africa. Pretty amazing.
Aug 23 2013 10:08PM
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bigbromskier
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An American Childhood by Annie Dillard. It's about growing up. Everyone can relate to it and you will get super nostalgia-y. one of my most favorite books ever.
Aug 23 2013 10:12PM
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