Listen "Episode 43: Non-Celebrity Memoirs"
Episode Synopsis
Tana is back to discuss some of our favorite memoirs by folks who are not celebrities, who have, arguably better stories to tell.
Discussed:
The Girl Who Smiled Beads, by Clemantine Wamariya
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet, by Shauna Niequist
Almost American Girl, by Robin Ha
We Ate Wonder Bread, by Nicole Hollander
I'm Still Alive, by Roberto Saviano
Poppies of Iraq, by Bridgitte Findakly
Ducks, by Kate Beaton
Educated, by Tara Westover
Hillbilly Elegy, by JD Vance
Brain on Fire, by Suzannah Cahalan
Wild, by Cheryl Strayed
All That You Leave Behind, by Erin Lee Carr
The Liar's Club, by Mary Carr
In a Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado
The Dirty Life, by Kristen Kimball
Stitches, by David Small
Maus, by Art Spiegelman
Discussed:
The Girl Who Smiled Beads, by Clemantine Wamariya
I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet, by Shauna Niequist
Almost American Girl, by Robin Ha
We Ate Wonder Bread, by Nicole Hollander
I'm Still Alive, by Roberto Saviano
Poppies of Iraq, by Bridgitte Findakly
Ducks, by Kate Beaton
Educated, by Tara Westover
Hillbilly Elegy, by JD Vance
Brain on Fire, by Suzannah Cahalan
Wild, by Cheryl Strayed
All That You Leave Behind, by Erin Lee Carr
The Liar's Club, by Mary Carr
In a Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado
The Dirty Life, by Kristen Kimball
Stitches, by David Small
Maus, by Art Spiegelman
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