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Memoir Book Review of Patti Smith’s Just Kids Reviewed by Lanie Tankard

by Matilda ButlerNovember 18, 2010
Memoir Book Review of Patti Smith’s Just Kids Reviewed by Lanie Tankard

Lanie Tankard, Women’s Memoirs Book Reviewer, gives us an insightful review of Patti Smith’s memoir “Just Kids,” which has just won the National Book Award for nonfiction.

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Memoirs and Other Book Thoughts: Don’t Think of Oranges

by Matilda ButlerNovember 3, 2010
Memoirs and Other Book Thoughts: Don’t Think of Oranges

Part memoir – part book reviews. That’s what our new guest blogger, Catherine Alexander, brings us. Not only is she the Silicon Valley Librarian, she is also the Women’s Memoir Book Maven. We think you’ll enjoy her stories and her book suggestions.

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Memoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. Starbird

by Matilda ButlerOctober 27, 2010
Memoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. StarbirdMemoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. Starbird

Post #65 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Raves – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler Today’s book review is a look at both a memoir and a Rosie the Riveter, military style. Victoria Selfridge contacted me about a family memoir, When Women First Wore Army Shoes. Her aunt, Ethel A. Starbird served as a member of the […]

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One Memoir, One Video: Susan Parker’s Walking in the Deep End

by Matilda ButlerOctober 6, 2010
One Memoir, One Video: Susan Parker’s Walking in the Deep End

Women’s Memoirs revisits Susan Parker’s memoir Walking in the Deep End, sharing her list of Secrets of Resilient People and her video. Missed our previous review, interview, and guest blog? The article provides links.

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Memoir: Ann Armbrecht’s Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home Reviewed by Diana Y. Paul

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 29, 2010
Memoir: Ann Armbrecht’s Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home Reviewed by Diana Y. Paul

In Diana Y. Paul’s review of memoirist Ann Armbrecht’s Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home we see the influence of another culture on the anthropologist’s life during a time of a disintegrating marriage. The reviewer suggests a way for you to examine your own writing as you read this memoir.

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One Memoir, One Video: Diana Raab’s Healing with Words

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 22, 2010
One Memoir, One Video: Diana Raab’s Healing with Words

Diana Raab’s new memoir, Healing with Words: A Writer’s Cancer Journey, is a page-turner for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, who has a friend with cancer, or who has worried how she would handle such a life-changing health crisis. This self-help memoir will help your write your own story through a series of prompts.

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One Memoir, One Video: Are You My Guru? by Wendy Shanker

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 15, 2010
One Memoir, One Video: Are You My Guru? by Wendy Shanker

Find out how Wendy Shanker’s new memoir. Are You My Guru? provides lessons for memoir writers.

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