The beginning of a short memoir of your life might read like this: I was born on a dark and stormy night. My days remained blustery school was difficult for me, and my parents argued all of the time. My luck changed when...
n.
A memorial account; a history composed from personal
experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually
written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See
History, 2.
n.
A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a
biography written without special regard to method and completeness.
n.
An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a
record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings
of a society.
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Listen, in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23.
The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty.
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Other Usage ExamplesI have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.
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