The Best Memoirs of 2010 (page 2)

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Released: May 10, 2010

FORGET SORROW: AN ANCESTRAL TALE

by Belle Yang

"A transformational experience for author and reader alike."

East meets West in this occasionally playful yet profoundly moving graphic memoir. Read full book review >

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Released: June 2, 2010

HITCH-22: A MEMOIR

by Christopher Hitchens

"Revealing and riveting. There's little about his brother, his two marriages or his children, but other memoirs may follow."

Hitchens (Thomas Jefferson: Author of America, 2009, etc.) offers an engrossing account of his lives as a British Navy brat, a socialist activist and a leading essayist and intellectual of our time. Read full book review >

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Released: June 15, 2010

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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Released: Aug. 15, 2010

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 >

NONFICTION

Released: Sept. 1, 2010

RAT GIRL: A MEMOIR

by Kristin Hersh

"A thoroughly engrossing work by an original voice--hopefully the first of many."

Funny, quirky coming-of-age story from a unique musical artist. Read full book review >

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Released: Sept. 2, 2010

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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