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Memoir Book Review–Your Memoirs by Hawley Roddick

by Kendra Bonnett on January 20, 2010

catnav-book-raves-active-3Post #36 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Raves – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett

I first connected with Hawley Roddick on Twitter back in September when she asked if she could send me a copy of her book, Your Memoirs: Saving the Stories of Your Life and Work (Lulu Press, 2007). Naturally, I agreed to review it since we strive here at Women’s Memoirs to share as much information about books and writing as possible. I’d been to Hawley’s website and knew I was dealing with a thoroughly professional author. She’s a member of the [click to continue…]

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Memoir Book Review – Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

by Michelle RockwellJanuary 13, 2010
Memoir Book Review – Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Book Review: Regular guest blogger Michelle Rockwell reviews Three Little Words, Ashley Rhodes Courter’s memoir about a foster care system that places more emphasis on foster and less on care than is necessary for young children to thrive.

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Memoir Book Review – Don’t Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment

by Matilda ButlerDecember 1, 2009
Memoir Book Review – Don’t Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment

Author Linda Joy Myers’ memoir is a joy to read, filled with imagery. Wondering how to handle voice and tense? There are lessons in her memoir.

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Memoir Book Review of Bending Toward the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

by Kendra BonnettOctober 7, 2009
Memoir Book Review of Bending Toward the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Memoir Book Review: Leslie Gilbert-Lurie’s memoir, Bending Toward the Sun, is an important book with lessons concerning message for the memoir writer. If you’re interested in including photographs in your memoir, be sure to see how many the author wove throughout the text.

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Memoir Book Review of The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 30, 2009
Memoir Book Review of The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman

Post #20 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Raves – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
Review by Tracy Kauffman-Wood
Bestselling author and self-admitted skeptic Hope Edelman believes in the possibility of everything. She just needs visible proof. In her latest book, The Possibility of Everything, Hope

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Book Review – Higher than Eagles by Maralys Wills

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 23, 2009
Book Review – Higher than Eagles by Maralys Wills

Author Maralys Wills’ first memoir is a tale of how death of sons visits her family twice. As a memoir writer, look at how she shapes the story. She brings you in to the scene and then holds you by disclosing details throughout the rest of the book.

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Book Review of War Orphan in San Francisco by Phyllis Helene Mattson

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 9, 2009
Book Review of War Orphan in San Francisco by Phyllis Helene Mattson

Explore author Phyllis Mattson’s memoir, War Orphan in San Francisco, to consider your voice. How close or how far do you need to be to tell your story? What types of source documents do you have? How will you use them?

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