Memoir Archives

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, Deborah Feldman [1] - Decades ago, when I was reporting a story on New York sex clubs for Playboy, the proprietor of one club showed me a special door that provided Hasidic

Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy , Susan Spencer-Wendel [2] - The sickest she’d ever been was “after I ate a bad chicken sandwich in South America.” And now her left hand doesn’t work.

Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother, Peggy Orenstein [3] - The subtitle could make you gag from the cuteness.

Walking Through Walls, Philip Smith [4] - Ever read a book, love it, but come away shaking your head, not sure what to believe? That's a picture of me, after inhaling every word of Philip Smit

War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Reporters Who Covered Vietnam, edited by Tad Bartimus [5] - I was the college kid who got the summer job as an editorial assistant at Look Magazine. In 1966, that was a big deal.

We Used to Own the Bronx: Memoirs of a Former Debutante, Eve Pell [6] - In 1654, when Thomas Pell bought land in what is now the Bronx and Westchester County, the British crown gave him a title: Lord of the Manor of Pelham

What I Thought I Knew, Alice Eve Cohen [7] - For many readers the attraction of memoir is the chance to lose yourself in the life of another person --- to identify with her struggles, feel her pa

When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror, Carol Leifer [8] - There are people who think Nora Ephron is funny.

You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness, Julie Klam [9] - I am not a dog person. Or a cat person. Or, for that matter, a fish, hamster or snake person.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig [10] - Robert Pirsig and his young son are traveling across America with friends on two large motorcycles.

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[1] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/unorthodox-scandalous-rejection-my-hasidic-roots
[2] http://www.headbutler.com/node/4031
[3] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/waiting-daisy
[4] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/walking-through-walls
[5] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/war-tornnbspstories-war-women-reporters-who-covered-vietnam
[6] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/we-used-own-bronx-memoirs-former-debutante
[7] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/what-i-thought-i-knew
[8] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/when-you-lie-about-your-age-terrorists-win-reflections-looking-mirror
[9] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/you-had-me-woof-how-dogs-taught-me-secrets-happiness
[10] http://www.headbutler.com/books/memoir/zen-and-art-motorcycle-maintenance
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