Growing Girls: The Mother of All Adventures9 reviews Jeanne Marie Laskas Bantam, 2006 Who's a monster? Beautiful, touching, and HONEST book + A Mom's Life + Someone you can relate to + Like reading someone's diary...             Lauren Bacall: By Myself21 reviews Lauren Bacall Ballantine Books, 1985 Bogie and Baby and more + great look at a great dame + Lauren Bacall: By Myself + Bacall holds nothing back here. + Triumph and Tragedy.. A Life revealed.             Magical Thinking: True Stories162 reviews Augusten Burroughs Picador, 2005 Funniest Augusten Burroughs book I've read. + Intriguing, a little disturbing + as good as the others. + magical thinking: true stories + another hit             Elvis and Me72 reviews Priscilla Presley Berkley, 1986 LOOOOVE THIS BOOK!!! + Elvis and Me I've read this book about 7 times. I owned the paperback copy and now own the hardcover. I just absolutely love this book!!!! It is such a wonderful love story. I can read it over and over again and never get tired of it. I also own the double vhs of the movie. I only wish it were available on dvd.             Possible Side Effects97 reviews Augusten Burroughs St. Martin's Press, 2006 Freaking Highlarious + I LOVED this book! + Another GREAT Book from Burroughs + I love this book!             Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted50 reviews Annie Hawes Harper Paperbacks, 2002 Witty & full of interesting detail + A Wonderful Book + Living as an Italian + Wonderful!!! + A wonderful read             Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless59 reviews Susan Jane Gilman Warner Books, 2005 great comming of age book for women + Excellent! + Funny, but it's no Kiss my Tiara This book is a laugh every page. It will remind you of times in your life you thought you forgot. No matter how old you are, or where you grew up this book will speak to you.             Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On73 reviews Jenny McCarthy Plume, 2007 Honesty is refreshing... + Life Laughs + Too funny! + Life Laughs + Hillarious             Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories32 reviews Betsy Lerner Simon & Schuster, 2004 A very personal favorate + Brutally honest... + An excellent memoir I found this book extremely comforting. It's an issue that some women deal with in life, like myself. I've always had body issues but certainly never overboard with vomiting or anything like that, but I do look at myself in the mirror a hundred times each day thinking about how unhappy I am with my ...             Still Me88 reviews Christopher Reeve Ballantine Books, 1999 Life changing book + Heartfelt Inspiration! + goosebumps + Still Me by Christopher Reeve + Great Story             Ambivalence, a Love Story: Portrait of a Marriage1 review John Donatich St. Martin's Griffin, 2005 Honest and Heartfelt Donatich explores his roles as son, lover, worker, husband, and father. He grapples with the concept of manhood by examining unemployment, religion, gender relations, the immigrant experience, the pursuit of identity through lifestyle, and family life. With openness and honesty, he shares the ...             Notes from Nethers: Growing Up In A Sixties Commune3 reviews Sandra Lee Eugster Academy Chicago Publishers, 2007 Timeless + A matter-of-fact glimpse into what commune life was truly like: the good, the bad and the ugly. + Life in a Sixties Commune Highly recommended. The book relates the difficulties and even traumas that the youngest member of a family had to face after being uprooted from a comfortable suburban life and thrust into her mother's "dream" society. The author portrays the other residents of the commune (even ones that might ...             Secret Girl22 reviews Molly Bruce Jacobs St. Martin's Press, 2006 Thought provoking.... + Heart wrenching This book was one of the best books I've read in a long time. It makes you want to count your blessings more often. The author is so honest and true to herself, she doesn't mince words with her feelings, even if it doesn't put her in the most favorable light. It makes you try and imagine what it ...             The Little Princesses: The Story of the Queen's Childhood by her Nanny, Marion Crawford7 reviews Jennie Bond, Marion Crawford, 2003 Charming, but in no way saccharine + Well written biography + Groundbreaking "tell all" has stood the test of time + This portrait by "Crawfy" is priceless! + Little Princesses             Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood180 reviews Alexandra Fuller Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003 great book + Interesting Personal Account + Interesting read! + A surprisingly great read!             Alex: The Life of a Child64 reviews Frank Deford Thomas Nelson, 1997 God Bless Alex + Very personal for me + Alex from bookrescue + Not easy... + Loved it and hated it             Hollyhocks, Lambs, and Other Passions: A Memoir of Thornhill Farm Dee Hardie The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 This is the story of an old country house and how it grew young again, and of the family that has grown with it during the last thirty years. Built in 1843 in the Worthington Valley of Maryland, Thornhill Farm was a sorry derelict when Dee Hardie and her husband first saw it. Today it is sometimes featured in Dee's monthly column for House Beautiful. Its presence and character have molded the ...             Me and My Shadows : A Family Memoir68 reviews Lorna Luft Pocket, 1999 Me and My Al-Anon + Good read + Love this book! + Good read             Raising Blaze : Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World19 reviews Debra Ginsberg, 2003 For all the children who think Tuesday is blue + That's my kid! No, wait, that's my other kid! Where's the sequel? + Raising Blaze + The Beat of a Different Drummer + good book             The Liars' Club: A Memoir142 reviews Mary Karr Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Is it any wonder? + Wonderful example of the genre - well written, entertaining, and meaningful + Wow!! I read this book when it was first published; and re-read it this week for a book club discussion of "reader's choice." Mary Karr is a poet with a hard-knock childhood. Is it any wonder she wrote a memoir that is beyond belief in every sense? The sentences jump off the page. Oh, that I could ...