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memoir

[mem-wahr, -wawr] / ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr /


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What’s unsurprising about Chuck Lorre’s memoir: He dishes, and without sparing anyone, including himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In his memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All,” he describes tracking down the Chaplin twins with a newspaper photograph of the building they lived in.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Then again, as the family tree that prefaces this memoir makes clear, it made no difference that the Moritz family had lived in German territory since the 18th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“I wish that her memoir was a little bit more telling,” she said.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Although it was not published while I was in prison, it forms the spine of this memoir.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Flash fiction, sweeping histories and bold memoirs — discover the highly anticipated fiction and nonfiction our book reviewers are dipping into this autumn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

He became a Swiss citizen in 1851; made homes in Switzerland, France and Italy; and eventually settled in London, where he began his memoirs and launched the Bell in 1857.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Prime ministerial memoirs tell the stories of how central a moment it is in the week of any occupant of 10 Downing Street.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Davis now says he was in Los Angeles the night of the Shakur killing and that he has never even read his own memoirs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

"A new world was coming—and I wanted to be part of it," Elizabeth said in her memoirs.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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