Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia1728 reviews Elizabeth Gilbert Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Not for everyone but highly recommended for some of you! + Love Hate Relationship + Hysterical, Insightful, A Great Read + Great book             Still Life with Chickens: Starting Over in a House by the Sea28 reviews Catherine Goldhammer Hudson Street Press, 2006 Beautiful memoir for midlifers + A must for the back yard flock owner. Or someone thinking about it + Still Life with Chickens + Delightful + The Tao of Chickens             Me Talk Pretty One Day736 reviews David Sedaris Back Bay Books, 2001 Best Sedaris collection! + Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke + David Sedaris does it again! + Not heartwarming... in a good way.             She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana57 reviews Haven Kimmel Free Press, 2007 Want More Zippy? + Tell Us More, Zippy! + Great Book + Great Read + Book group loved it             The Tender Bar154 reviews J. R. Moehringer Hyperion, 2006 Touching personal tale + Endearing story + Good, fun read... especially if you're a "local" at some bar The best treat is a book or movie you fall in love with unexpectedly. This book did that for me. I had no expectations for this book. I got it out of the library 3 times before reading it and didn't hear of it until 3 years after it's release. Imagine my delight to pick it up (finally) and ...             Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family37 reviews Patricia Volk Vintage, 2002 Excellent "memoir" + If You Don't Read Anything Else, Read the Table of Contents + " Suffed" with pleasure! + wonderful memoir + Informative, nostalgic, and very funny!             Lucky Man: A Memoir213 reviews Michael J. Fox Hyperion, 2003 A thought-provoking intimate account + The Courage to Be Yourself + A real Lucky Man of Hollywood! + Engaging and Insightful + A memoir that is good and fun to read             The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness100 reviews Karen Armstrong Anchor, 2005 Empathy + Strong Both Intellectually and Spiritually + An Extraordinary Collection of Compared and Clearly Expressed Thoughts + Finding God + Sadly misunderstood by some - author and book. Try again.             Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan42 reviews Hillary Carlip Harper Paperbacks, 2006 Life: Go for it, baby! + Please Hillary -- Write Another One + Queen of Everything! This Queen inspires us to cross the line between fantasy and action, to come alive, to unabashedly be who we really are. Her directness is endearing, her daring causes us to step up and stride right along with her. Hillary possesses a self-acceptance and giddiness that charms us into feeling ...             Symptoms of Withdrawal : A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption146 reviews Christopher Kennedy Lawford Amazon Remainders Account, 2005 Symptoms of Withdrawal : A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption + Moving and yet troubling + Good read and some smut!! + Delusions of grandeur             Marked for Life: A Memoir12 reviews Joie Davidow, 2003 Port Wine Stained + A very good memoir.. + Brave and richly-textured memoir + Interesting and Entertaining + "Marked For Life" is beautiful             House Calls And Hitching Posts21 reviews Dorcas Sharp Hoover Good Books, 1969 Doctoring the Amish + Excellent book about a modern "country doctor" + Great Read + Dr. to the amish + House Calls and Hitching Posts             The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy30 reviews Robert Leleux St. Martin's Press, 2008 Extremely talented + Enjoyable and light + Can I Have Some More? + Marvelous, Sparkling Fun!!!             The Color of Love: A Mother's Choice in the Jim Crow South19 reviews Gene Cheek The Lyons Press, 2006 Important Lessons to Relive + Love conquers All!!!!! + Compelling + Strength beyond understanding + Absolutely the BEST             Cockeyed10 reviews Ryan Knighton PublicAffairs, 2007 His wit and humor match his writing talent + IN THE WORLD OF THE BLIND, THE ONE-EYED MAN IS KING... + GREAT MEMOIR!! + I see where he's coming from             Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s31 reviews Margaret Sartor Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Good coming-of-age for women + Drove My Horse\Bicycle to the Levee + It Surely Took Courage To Share This The things that mortify a teenage girl are so funny when you're thirty like me. This coming-of-age diary is revealing, humorous and relatable for all women. Some excerpts: "I don't know if my physical desires are normal or sinful, but they are certainly distracting." "It bothers me that I'm ...             Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters53 reviews Jean Shepherd Broadway, 1976 Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters + Funny + No one does creative American nostalgia better + Bravo! + Talking and Remembering             Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life53 reviews Ruth Irene Garrett, Rick Farrant HarperOne, 2003 Sensitive, with a good grasp . . . of the effects of living in a rigid, legalistic, narrow society, and the horrific psychological warfare waged by those inside such a cult against one who has freed herself. Her sensitivity and analysis is very good. The book flows well and is a fast, fascinating read. My only wish would be that ...             Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History45 reviews Helene Stapinski Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002 I absolutely loved Five Finger Discount + A Great Read + This is not a history of Jersey City, lighten up! + I enjoyed this book + LOVED the humor of this book.             A Paper Life139 reviews Tatum O'neal Harper Paperbacks, 2005 A Paper Life + Should Have Been Depressing, But Wasn't + Classic codependency, with a narcissistic BPD abuser + A story of courage and survival + very important book