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memoir

[mem-wahr, -wawr] / ˈmɛm wɑr, -wɔr /


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Davis has distanced himself from the memoir, saying he didn't write all of it and parts were fictionalised to sell more copies.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The Salt Path star Gillian Anderson has said allegations that the memoir was fabricated felt like "a betrayal" after spending time with the couple.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

In May, the actor published a memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” in which she recounted the struggles of celebrity.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Ms. Cole, the author of the memoir ‘After Great Pain: A New Life Emerges,’ writes on books and arts for the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

“I had daily to pass the office of one village doctor, the door of which was seldom if ever barred,” he wrote in a later memoir.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

But it is generally the case that memoirs don’t receive fact-checking unless specifically arranged by the author.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Gordon Brown reflects in his memoirs the agonising private conversations he had about a snap election and in deciding against it found himself going "from near hero to near zero in a day."

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

With independent reading, memoirs are big, like “Crying in H Mart” and Sylvia Plath’s fictionalized “The Bell Jar.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 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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