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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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Book Review: Molly Peacock’s Paradise, Piece by Piece

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 8, 2010
Book Review: Molly Peacock’s Paradise, Piece by Piece

For those of us who are not poets, reading Molly Peacock’s memoir Paradise: Piece by Piece may be as close as we come to seeing a poet’s take on her life. Beautifully written. We’ve shared some of her sentences with you to give you a flavor of poetry in prose.

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Book Review: Lucky by Alice Sebold Reviewed by Tracy Kauffman Wood

by Tracy Kauffman WoodAugust 30, 2010
Book Review: Lucky by Alice Sebold Reviewed by Tracy Kauffman Wood

Tracy Kauffman Wood reviews Lucky, Alice Sebold’s memoir. Tracy shares what a memoir writer can learn from this powerful book of survival.

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Book Review: Mary Karr’s Lit Reviewed by Tracy Kauffman Wood

by Tracy Kauffman WoodMay 26, 2010
Book Review: Mary Karr’s Lit Reviewed by Tracy Kauffman Wood

Tracy Kauffman Wood reviews Mary Karr’s most recent memoir, Lit. Be sure to check out the advice Karr shares with her readers about writing a memoir.

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Book Review: Deborah Rodriquez’s Kabul Beauty School Reviewed by Michelle Rockwell

by Michelle RockwellMay 19, 2010
Book Review: Deborah Rodriquez’s Kabul Beauty School Reviewed by Michelle Rockwell

Stories from Afghanistan greet us on the television news and continue to grab Google and Yahoo News headlines. For most of us, Afghanistan is a country that is remote from us in many respects. Author Deborah Rodriquez brings the stories of women (and men) of Afghanistan into our homes, helping us to see the news in a different light. After you read her memoir, Kabul Beauty School, you’ll begin to view each newscast as the political and military stories that overlay the real stories of the people struggling with their own lives.

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Memoir Book: Linda Joy Myers’ The Power of Memoir reviewed by Janet Grace Riehl

by Matilda ButlerMarch 24, 2010
Memoir Book: Linda Joy Myers’ The Power of Memoir reviewed by Janet Grace Riehl

Memoir Book Review: Janet Grace Riehl provides an excellent overview of the strengths of Linda Joy Myers’ new book, The Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story.

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