Memoir

Bess Kalb’s heartfelt, hilarious memoir pays tribute to her beloved—and opinionated—grandma.

Bess Kalb’s heartfelt, hilarious memoir pays tribute to her beloved—and opinionated—grandma.

Everything I Know About Love recounts Dolly Alderton’s social and romantic mishaps through essays, satirical emails and recipes.

Everything I Know About Love recounts Dolly Alderton’s social and romantic mishaps through essays, satirical emails and recipes.

Philip Kennicott’s insight into the way music speaks to us as we wend our way toward inevitable death makes this book an unforgettable triumph.

Philip Kennicott’s insight into the way music speaks to us as we wend our way toward inevitable death makes this book an unforgettable triumph.

Erin Khar’s memoir, Strung Out, is a compassionate account of her illness and will surely be the gold standard for women writing about heroin addiction.

Erin Khar’s memoir, Strung Out, is a compassionate account of her illness and will surely be the gold standard for women writing about heroin addiction.

Alex Halberstadt slowly pulls away the curtain draped over his family’s unhappiness and discovers that his grandfather served as a bodyguard to Stalin.

Alex Halberstadt slowly pulls away the curtain draped over his family’s unhappiness and discovers that his grandfather served as a bodyguard to Stalin.

This thought-provoking meditation on solitude lifts up many writers and artists who have embraced seclusion.

This thought-provoking meditation on solitude lifts up many writers and artists who have embraced seclusion.

Children of the Land, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo’s powerful, poetic memoir, adds a soul-searing voice to the canon of contemporary immigration narratives.

Children of the Land, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo’s powerful, poetic memoir, adds a soul-searing voice to the canon of contemporary immigration narratives.

Barry Sonnenfeld, legendary cinematographer and director, does more than recall Hollywood vignettes in this funny, wry and thoroughly entertaining memoir.

Barry Sonnenfeld, legendary cinematographer and director, does more than recall Hollywood vignettes in this funny, wry and thoroughly entertaining memoir.

In her memoir, Minor Feelings, Cathy Park Hong offers a fierce excavation of her hardships as an Asian American woman living and working as a poet and artist.

In her memoir, Minor Feelings, Cathy Park Hong offers a fierce excavation of her hardships as an Asian American woman living and working as a poet and artist.

In 2013, Ginger Gaffney was called to help with a small herd of aggressive horses at an alternative prison ranch near where she lives in New Mexico.

In 2013, Ginger Gaffney was called to help with a small herd of aggressive horses at an alternative prison ranch near where she lives in New Mexico.

Rich in ideas, Nelson’s memoir is a fascinating excavation of matters of the heart.

Rich in ideas, Nelson’s memoir is a fascinating excavation of matters of the heart.

Concealed within Helen Fremont’s polished family image was a Jewish refugee, a traumatized survivor and children wrestling with mental illness.

Concealed within Helen Fremont’s polished family image was a Jewish refugee, a traumatized survivor and children wrestling with mental illness.

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Elton John is ready to retire from the road and wants to spend more time with his family, but he clearly isn’t done creating.

Elton John is ready to retire from the road and wants to spend more time with his family, but he clearly isn’t done creating.

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