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The Best Memoirs of 2010

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NONFICTION
Released: March 19, 2010
Kirkus Star CLAIMING GROUND: A MEMOIR
by Laura Bell
"A work of descriptive virtuosity and a hard, honest pull through rough emotional terrain--an exemplary memoir."
An elegant, deep-running chronicle of Bell's 30 years living in the mountain West. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 2, 2010
Kirkus Star A JOURNEY: MY POLITICAL LIFE
by Tony Blair
"A vividly rendered account of life in office, with plenty of beneficial pointers to aspiring politicos on either side of the Atlantic."
Long-awaited, uncommonly candid memoir by the former British prime minister. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 15, 2010
Kirkus Star HOW DID YOU GET THIS NUMBER: ESSAYS
by Sloane Crosley
"Confirmation of the promise shown in the author's bestselling debut."
A worthy successor to Crosley's well-received debut, I Was Told There'd Be Cake (2008). Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 4, 2010
Kirkus Star THE FINE WISDOM AND PERFECT TEACHINGS OF THE KINGS OF ROCK AND ROLL: A MEMOIR
by Mark Edmundson
"A near-perfect memoir."
Edmundson (English/Univ. of Virginia; The Death of Sigmund Freud: The Legacy of His Last Days, 2007, etc.) delivers a wily, playful, self-denigrating memoir. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 18, 2010
Kirkus Star THE TICKING IS THE BOMB: A MEMOIR
by Nick Flynn
"A striking collection of memories that will mystify, enlighten, trouble and amaze."
Memoir as meditation on love and loss, birth and death, good and evil, from PEN Award winner Flynn (Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, 2005, etc.). Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 15, 2010
Kirkus Star MENTOR: A MEMOIR
by Tom Grimes
"Without wasting a word, Grimes presents a thoroughly readable view of how stories--and writers, at least of a certain kind--are made."
An illuminating account of a writer's life under the tutelage of another writer. Read full book review >