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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 Daddy’s Girl by Charlotte Vale-Allen

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 16, 2009
Book Review of Daddy’s Girl by Charlotte Vale-Allen

Guest reviewer, Michelle Rockwell, tells us about Charlotte Vale-Allen’s memoir, Daddy’s Girl, helps us to see how a memoir can make a major difference in a reader’s life, and highlights an approach to memoir writing that avoids causing a tragic story to become a pity party.

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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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Book Review of Dancing in My Nightgown: The Rhythms of Widowhood by Betty Auchard

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 2, 2009
Book Review of Dancing in My Nightgown: The Rhythms of Widowhood by Betty Auchard

Author Betty Auchard begins writing after her husband’s death from cancer. Little by little, she finds the writing is an important part of the healing process. How will writing your memoir change your life?

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Book Review of Making History: How to Remember, Record, Interpret and Share the Events of Your Life by Kim Pearson

by Matilda ButlerAugust 26, 2009
Book Review of Making History: How to Remember, Record, Interpret and Share the Events of Your Life by Kim Pearson

Author Kim Pearson’s Making History is both reference book and memoir prompt. Check out what Kendra Bonnett writes about this important resource.

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Book Review of Following the Whispers by Karen Walker

by Matilda ButlerAugust 19, 2009
Book Review of Following the Whispers by Karen Walker

In this book review of Karen Walker’s Following the Whispers, we discuss the use of multiple turning points in crafting a memoir.

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Book Review of Who Do You Think You Are? by Alyse Myers

by Matilda ButlerJuly 24, 2009
Book Review of Who Do You Think You Are? by Alyse Myers

Book review of Alyse Myers’ new memoir Who Do You Think You Are? Find out why this memoir provides insight into how mother-daughter relationships can be written about while accepting that the causes of the dynamics are probably unknowable. A memoir writer will find much to learn in this gripping memoir.

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