Memoirs are .... memories.
They are different than autobiographies in that they focus on a key theme in a person's life rather than a chronological retelling of the person's existence. Wikipedia clearly explains that autobiographies are of a life while memoirs are from a life.
Here are a few great memoir titles that might interest you:
They are different than autobiographies in that they focus on a key theme in a person's life rather than a chronological retelling of the person's existence. Wikipedia clearly explains that autobiographies are of a life while memoirs are from a life.
Here are a few great memoir titles that might interest you:
- The Last Lecture
- Breaking Night
- The Glass Castle
- Night
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- Eat, Pray, Love
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
- Tuesdays with Morrie
- The Hiding Place
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
- A Child Called It
- I am Malala
- Laughing at my Nightmare
- Soul Surfer
- I Will Always Write Back
- Hidden Girl