Contemporary Memoirs

Provided by the staff at the West Universty Branch Library .

	A. Manette Ansay. Limbo Issues of faith and health are examined as Ansay tells why and how she became a writer instead of a concert pianist.
	Kurt Chandler. Shaving Lessons: A Memoir of Father and Son The author's light-hearted reflections on being both father and son.
	Gordon Churchwell. Expecting: One Man's Uncensored Memoir of Pregnancy A lively memoir of pregnancy from the male point-of-view.
	Jill Ker Conway. True North: A Memoir An Australian woman attends Harvard, and later becomes the first woman president of Smith College. Sequel to: The Road from Coorain.
	Kathy Doby. The Only Girl in the Car A raw, emotionally gripping coming-of-age narrative.
	Mary Karr. Liar's Club A prize-winning memoir of parental alcoholism and abuse that is both disturbing and funny.
	Stephen King. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Part memoir, part writing class by the best selling author.
	Annie Lamott. Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith Spiritual journeys of a single mother.
	Miriam Mathabane. Miriam's Song: A Memoir A young woman's life during the last years of apartheid in South Africa. As told to Mark Mathabane, the author of Kaffir Boy: the True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Arpartheid South Africa.
	Joyce Maynard. At Home in the World The author's year-long relationship with J. D. Salinger, when she was 19 and he was 53.
	James McBride. Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother While raising a family of twelve children, McBride's Polish-Jewish-American mother battled racism and poverty.
	Frank McCourt. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir Growing up poor but plucky in Limerick, Ireland.
	Nasdijj. The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams A haunting memoir of life in and around the Navajo Nation.
	Nuala O'Faolain.  Are You Somebody: the Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman A woman's midlife examination of her untraditional life as a journalist.
	Marsha Recknagel. If Nights Could Talk A gritty memoir of adoption and healing, set in Houston near Rice University.
	Tobias Wolff. This Boy's Life A classic coming of age memoir set in the American Northwest during the Fifties and early Sixties.