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Book Review of Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway

by Tracy Kauffman WoodDecember 30, 2009
Book Review of Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway

Guest book reviewer, Tracy Kauffman Wood, gives us her insights into the memoir by Monica Holloway entitled Cowboy and Wills. You’ll be touched by this story of a dog and the boy he changed and helped launch into the world.

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Memoir Book Review – Broken Birds: The Story of My Momila by Jeannette Katzir

by Matilda ButlerDecember 23, 2009
Memoir Book Review – Broken Birds: The Story of My Momila by Jeannette Katzir

Book Raves: Guest book reviewer, Judy Watters, brings us into her experience in reading Broken Birds by Jeannette Katzir. Learn what intrigues her about this story of loss and abandonment that began during WWII and that continues today.

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Memoir Book Review: Love Sick, One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction by Sue William Silverman

by Matilda ButlerDecember 16, 2009
Memoir Book Review: Love Sick, One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction by Sue William Silverman

Book Rave by Karen Walker who reviews Sue William Silverman’s second memoir, Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction and tells us how we can learn more about the craft of memoir writing — especially creating memorable scenes — by reading this book.

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Memoir Book Review: Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You by Sue William Silverman

by Matilda ButlerDecember 9, 2009
Memoir Book Review: Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You by Sue William Silverman

Book Rave by Karen Walker is the first of two reviews of memoirs by Sue William Silverman. Karen discusses both the book — Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You — and what a memoir writer might learn from reading it.

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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: A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

by Matilda ButlerNovember 25, 2009
Memoir Book Review: A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

In this Memoir Book Rave, Tracy Kauffman Wood highlights Cupcake Brown’s A Piece of Cake by contrasting the voices the author uses at three time points in her life. What voice are you using?

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Book Review: A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth

by Matilda ButlerNovember 17, 2009
Book Review: A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth

Book Rave: Guest blogger Kat Teraji gives us an insightful look at Kristin Chenoweth’s memoir and suggests how it can be used to better understand memoir writing and personal biography — especially if you can maintain a light and humorous take on life’s events.

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