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Write Your Memoir

Description:
Interested in writing your life story? Try one of these books that can help you plan and write your memoir.

Memoir as medicine : the healing power of writing your messy, imperfect, unruly (but gorgeously yours) life story
Aronie, Nancy Slonim, 1941-
808.06692/ARONIE,N
Available
1862518
Storytelling : how to write an inspiring memoir, oral history, or family genealogy
Delaplane, Kristin, 1943-
Local History/Genealogy/808.066929/DELAPLANE,K
Available
407911
Body work : the radical power of personal narrative
Febos, Melissa
808.06692/FEBOS,M
Available
1814300
The art of the graphic memoir : tell your story, change your life
Hart, Tom, 1969-
741.59/HART,T
Available
816446
Art of memoir
Karr, Mary
808.06692/KARR,M
Available
200749
Memoir your way : tell your story through writing, recipes, quilts, graphic novels, and more [eBook - hoopla]
Available
2306864
Yours truly : an obituary writer's guide to telling your story
Hagerty, James R.
808.06692/HAGERTY,J
Available
2214363
Writing life stories : how to make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays, and life into literature
Roorbach, Bill
808.06692/ROORBACH,B
Available
65920
Old friend from far away : the practice of writing memoir
Goldberg, Natalie
Unavailable
60967
How to write your own life story : the classic guide for the nonprofessional writer
Daniel, Lois
808.06692/DANIEL,L
Available
11693

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