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Women Writing Their Own Lives

Memoir where the writer is clearly in charge of the telling.

a list by Jane O.8 books

  1. Becoming

    Michelle Obama

    Shelve
    1
  2. Educated

    “The one that does the most difficult thing.”

    Tara Westover

    Shelve
    2
  3. Just Kids

    Patti Smith

    Shelve
    3
  4. Cheer Up Love

    “Funny counts. Funny is harder.”

    Susan Calman

    Shelve
    4
  5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    Maya Angelou

    Shelve
    5
  6. The Year of Magical Thinking

    Joan Didion

    Shelve
    6
  7. Hunger

    Roxane Gay

    Shelve
    7
  8. Wild

    Cheryl Strayed

    Shelve
    8