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Include books by the same authorSculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir
Tove Jansson · 192 pages
Tove Jansson's first book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of her Helsinki childhood. Restored to its original form, 'Sculptor's Daughter' gives us a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from beneath the tree.
Yes Sister, No Sister: My Life as a Trainee Nurse in 1950s Yorkshire
Jennifer Craig · 251 pages
Based on the author's own experiences, this is the fascinating story of one young nurse who enters training in 1952 and eventually progresses to become ward sister.
Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen · 389 pages
The author relates her experience in Kenya, describing not only her own youth but also the country's traditions and people.
A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade
Kevin Brockmeier · 199 pages
"At age twelve, [the American novelist] Kevin Brockmeier is ready to become a different person: not the boy he has always been--the one who cries too easily and laughs too easily, who lives in an otherland of sparkling daydreams and imaginary catastrophes--but someone else altogether. Over the course of one school year--seventh grade--he sets out in search of himself"--Page 4 of cover.
A Walker in the City
Alfred Kazin · 176 pages
The acclaimed story of a soul awakening to the ecstasy of the senses, the power of language, and the meaning of existence. Kazin's memorable description of his life as a young man as he makes the journey from Brooklyn to "Americanca"--The larger world that begins at the other end of the subway in Manhattan. A classic portrayal of the Jewish immigrant culture of the 1930s.
Between Them: Remembering My Parents
Richard Ford · 192 pages
Heart Earth
Ivan Doig · 168 pages
Readers will come to appreciate the strength and dignity of Berneta Ringer, a true Western heroine as Doig celebrates his mother's life after finding a cache of her letters, photographs, and childhood writings. It begins with her first winter living in a tent in Montana's Crazy Mountains to the ravages of the Depression on a ranch on Falkner Creek.
Growing Up Country: Memories of an Iowa Farm Girl
Carol Bodensteiner · 208 pages
My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell · 285 pages
My Family and Other Animals is an autobiographical work by naturalist Gerald Durrell, telling of the part of his childhood he spent on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939.
Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s
Margaret Sartor · 288 pages
Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life
Melissa Joan Hart · 290 pages
"The frank and witty memoir from Melissa Joan Hart, the star of Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch--a cultural icon for a generation Thousands of young people consider Melissa Joan Hart an integral part of their childhoods. She played the title roles in the trailblazing Nickelodeon series Clarissa Explains It All and the wildly popular Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, but she never
Kampung Boy
LAT (Mohammad Nor Khalid) · 141 pages
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi · 216 pages
A long-standing bestseller by Japan's most popular TV personality, also well known for her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
A Life Like Other People's
Alan Bennett · 242 pages
Alan Bennett's A Life Like Other People's is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma Peel, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen and Myra. Bennett's powerful account of his mother's descent into depression and later dementia comes hand in hand with the uncovering of a long-held
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
Madhur Jaffrey · 320 pages
Whether acclaimed food writer Madhur Jaffrey was climbing the mango trees in her grandparents' orchard in Delhi or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint, tucked into freshly baked spiced pooris, today these childhood pleasures evoke for her the tastes and textures of growing up. This memoir is both an enormously appealing account of an unusual childhood a
Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting
Eric Poole
Set in the Midwest of the 1970's, this memoir evokes that idyllic, old-school time before computers and cell phones, when people were horrible to one another face-to-face. From an early age, Eric Poole was obsessed with Endora of TV's Bewitched. Just days after arriving at the family's new home in St. Louis, Missouri, eight- year-old Eric had staked out the basement as his special place: a spot wh
The Child that Books Built
Francis Spufford · 219 pages
"To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, and the Narnia chronicles. He re-creates the excitement of discovery, writing joyfully of the moment when fuzzy marks on a page become words, which then reveal - a dragon. Weaving together child development, pe
La Nostalgie heureuse
Amelie Nothomb · 150 pages
Autobiographical narration of the author's childhood in Japan.
The Midwife's Here! The Enchanting True Story of One of Britain's Longest Serving Midwives
Linda Fairley
Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars
Neil Young · 391 pages
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee traces his six-decade career through the cars he has owned, discussing how they are reflecting new understandings about the environmental impact of automobiles.
Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
Frances Mayes · 322 pages
"A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region's powerful influence on her life. The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style and
Stalin Ate My Homework
Alexei Sayle · 304 pages
Fantastically entertaining, poignant and surprising, this is a brilliantly written memoir of an unusual childhood by one of Britain's most-loved comedians.