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memoir

[mem-wahr, -wawr] / ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr /


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Somehow, we were both reading Bob Odenkirk’s memoir and had the same favorite TV show, “Fleabag.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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

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

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

The paper adds that the Royal Family are still reeling from the revelations in Earl Spencer's memoir about his sister, Princess Diana.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Lies wrote her own memoir of Vincent, published a few years before Jo’s.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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

The investigation sputtered for decades because of a lack of evidence, but the case was revived when Davis's memoirs were published in 2019.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

One of her biggest writers is the author-activist Glennon Doyle, who has chronicled addiction, divorce and an unexpected romance with soccer player Abby Wambach across a string of blockbuster self-help memoirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Unlike some prison memoirs, this isn’t an innocence story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Leah hated Elisha so much that her detailed memoirs skipped years of her own life to make sure Kane’s name was not included in her version of the Fox sisters’ story.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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