I love memoirs! I love to read them. I love to help people write them. I love that the LDS Women Project is a series of mini-memoirs. Some favorites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

• The Last Lecture<\/em> by Randy Pausch<\/li>
• The Year of Living Danishly <\/em>by Helen Russell<\/li>
• Garlic and Sapphires<\/em> by Ruth Reichl<\/li>
• Becoming <\/em>by Michelle Obama<\/li>
• A Walk in My Shoes<\/em> by Ben Schilaty<\/li>
• Letter to My Daughter<\/em> by Maya Angelou<\/li>
• The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry<\/em> by Kathleen Flinn<\/li>
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle<\/em> by Barbara Kingsolver<\/li>
• The Happiness Project<\/em> by Gretchen Rubin<\/li>
• The Only Pirate at the Party <\/em>by Lindsey Stirling<\/li>
• Traveling with Pomegranates<\/em> by Sue Monk Kidd<\/li>
• This is What America Looks Like<\/em> by Ilhan Omar<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

  I notice that only two are from men. I’ve read lots of memoirs by men, but they were not my favorites. I apparently connect more strongly with women’s writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  I notice that they’re about life – here’s this situation I found myself in, and this is how I dealt with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  There are three a bit more tailored to food, which is quite hilarious to my husband and me because I hate cooking. I cook for the utility of it, to eat, not because I enjoy the act and art of cooking itself. But obviously I like reading about people who do! Ha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  When I reviewed my entire reading journal, I noticed a lot of memoirs about hiking … but they did not make the cut for favorites. Huh. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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