The Tender Bar: A Memoir151 reviews J.R. Moehringer Hyperion, 2006 Endearing story + Good, fun read... especially if you're a "local" at some bar + "What's your story?" + Raised On Alcohol + This book is great!             A Three Dog Life73 reviews Abigail Thomas Harvest Books, 2007 A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas is a delightful book + A Moveable Feast. + A Three Dog Life + Maybe first E-book I also buy as a real book - this is a keeper + Not a book about dogs....but I loved it             Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled6 reviews Nancy Mairs Beacon Press, 1997 Devastating honesty + Touching, moving and very sad + MSages... + Hope for all of us suffering from being human + Absorbing and thought-provoking...             Angela's Ashes1831 reviews Frank McCourt FLAMINGO, 1999 ANGELA'S ASHES By Frank McCourt + Loved it, loved it, loved it. + Masterpiece + DAMN GOOD!             Circling My Mother: A Memoir17 reviews Mary Gordon Pantheon, 2007 Real Life + Pleasantly Surprised + Very insightful memoir + Contrast with Mary McCArthy's "Catholic Childhood."             My Family and Other Saints (Chicago Lectures in Mathematics)12 reviews Kirin Narayan University Of Chicago Press, 2007 Delightful and poignant + Beyond a Memoir + My Family and Other Saints + bruisingly honest memoir + Fascinating view of family and Hinduism             Them: A Memoir of Parents21 reviews Francine du Plessix Gray Amazon Remainders Account, 2005 A touchstone for thinking of my parents and my life... + A mother's aspirations for a child are not easily thwarted. + charming memoir Thank you, Mme. du Plessix Gray for this evocative, brilliant memoir. This was the last book my Mother read before she died in August 2006. She was 10 years older than you, and had the same history, a Russian girl who came to New York, and even dated the same man as you did. She knew all the ...             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!             The Art of Racing in the Rain235 reviews Garth Stein Harper, 2008 This pup's in the fast lane. + One Pragmatic Pooch + The Art of Racing in the rain + Like Discovering Gold... + Even non-dog owners and non-race car fans will love this book             About Alice56 reviews Calvin Trillin Random House, 2006 She walked (and acted) in Beauty + We should all be this loved + A famous couple's relationship tenderly depicted + Powerful Stories + Love Celebrated with Memories             A Thousand Days in Venice (Ballantine Reader's Circle)77 reviews Marlena De Blasi Ballantine Books, 2003 Oh, to live there. . . + A thousand days in venice review + sensual and lush love story + Venice, Romance, a True Story of Italian Love + Fabulous Romance, Travel log and Food Inspiration             The Year of Magical Thinking498 reviews Joan Didion Vintage, 2007 "Let it go." + "I needed to be alone so that he could come back." In "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion chronicles the death of her husband, author and screenwriter John Gregory Dunne. One evening, Dunne died of a severe heart attack while the couple ate dinner. The day had seemed like any other, aside from the fact that they had just returned from a ...             Teacher Man: A Memoir234 reviews Frank McCourt Scribner, 2005 Come and check out this FANTASTIC EVENT for TEACHER MAN + A different sort of story from AA and 'Tis, yet equally enjoyable... + Third times the Charm... + Teacher Man: A Reality Check             The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother584 reviews James McBride Riverhead Trade, 1997 One of the most beautiful books I have ever read + Unsentimental and touching + A touching tribute to an incredible woman and family + two lives @ a glance             A Castle in the Backyard: The Dream of a House in France16 reviews Betsy Draine, Michael Hinden University of Wisconsin Press, 2006 what a great story + TRES CHARMANT + A Castle in the Backyard, The Dream of a House in France + Take a joyful journey to a French summer home + follow your dream!             Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression91 reviews Mildred Armstrong Kalish Bantam, 2008 Excellent memoir + Outstanding, and a reminder of what 'builds character'! + A clear-eyed and unsentimental look at the past + A Keeper!!!             Sicilian Odyssey (National Geographic Directions)4 reviews Francine Prose National Geographic, 2003 A concise and insightful view of Sicily Novelist Francine Prose's slim but not slight book is filled with insights and evocative appreciation of the often-invaded island of Sicily and its hybrid art and cuisine. Her book provides a good introduction to Sicily, and also provides many interesting reflections for those who have visited the ...             The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir10 reviews Random House Audio, 2006 Bryson Scores Again! + Reflecting on a fun/scary transitional period in America + A lost world revisited + Great Fun + Let's Trade Childhoods             One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life--A Story of Race and Family Secrets35 reviews Bliss Broyard Little, Brown and Company, 2007 One Drop + One Drop + All time favorite non-fiction book + One of the best biographies ever!             I Feel Bad About My Neck338 reviews Knopf, 2006 I Feel Bad About My Neck: and other thoughts on being a woman + A Quick Read + I Feel Bad About My Neck Excellent book! I got the book and the audio. I started to read the book and it seemed a little slow in capturing my interest... but I was going to read it any way. Then I had to travel so I took the audio... And let me tell you... it was wondrful. You just have to hear her talking. You have to ...