Archive for the ‘Memoir’ Category
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MALARIA by Eve Brown-Waite
In First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How A Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart & A Third World Adventure Changed My Life, Ms. Brown-Waite first chronicles her life prior to joining the Peace Corps. Then she writes of her Peace Corps experience in the late 1980s, and finally she tells of her time with her husband, John, in Uganda, where he worked for CARE.
May 7, 2009
Tags: Africa, Ecuador, memoirs, Peace Corps Posted in: Book Club Choice, Ecuador, Memoir, Non-fiction, Uganda 
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MY LITTLE RED BOOK by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
No matter where she lives in the world, a girl greets her first period with a mixture of dismay, joy, relief and apprehension. Even if it is an essential rite of passage for all women, the event is often shrouded in embarrassment and talk about periods is shared in hushed whispers. Until now. An amazingly simple idea—essays about first periods from a variety of women…
April 23, 2009
Tags: Memoir, mothers & daughters, twelve Posted in: Essays, Memoir One Comment
MY LITTLE RED BOOK by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
A few weeks ago, my mom handed me a solid red book with a picture of pink underwear on the front. My first reaction was: “Great. Another strange book to throw under my bed and forget about.â€
April 23, 2009
Tags: memoirs, mothers & daughters Posted in: Coming-of-Age, Memoir One Comment
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DIETGIRL by Shauna Reid
Shauna Reid’s The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl is a heartfelt account of her battle to say goodbye forever to her Bonds Cottontails Full Briefs, size 24. At her largest, Reid weighed over three hundred and fifty pounds; her self-esteem was zero. This candid and witty book is written in diary form and is based on a blog that Reid posted on the Internet over a number of years.
April 16, 2009
Tags: Health, Memoir Posted in: Food, Humorous, Memoir, Non-fiction No Comments
