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Memoirs from women who have lived to tell the tale.

Genevieve "like she said" (Fairfax,VA)
Qualifications: a girl on the cusp of more.

Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp
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I loved this memoir about love, loss, and sobriety. Caroline Knapp will be deeply missed.

Wasted : A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher
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The definitive memoir about eating disorders. Not for the faint at heart.

APPETITES: WHY WOMEN WANT by Caroline Knapp
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A gorgeous exploration of why women want and desire. Focuses mainly on eating disorders.

An Unquiet Mind : A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage) by Kay Redfield Jamison
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Simply amazing. No other memoir truly captures bipolar or is as eloquently written.

Daughter of the Queen of Sheba: A Memoir by Jacki Lyden
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I adore this memoir. Scary, lovely, a perfect read.

The Liars' Club by Mary Karr
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The dark and often comic memoir of one woman's girlhood.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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Classic. If you havent read this, you should.

Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
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One of the most touching and saddening memoirs I have yet to read.

Truth & Beauty : A Friendship by Ann Patchett
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A companion to Autobiography of a Face, it further explore what real beauty is.

Girl, Interrupted (Vintage) by Susanna Kaysen
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The best mental illness memoir there is.

I Am the Central Park Jogger : A Story of Hope and Possibility by Trisha Meili
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Inspring<3

Lucky : A Memoir by Alice Sebold
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A beautiful and chilling memoir of one woman's trials and tribulations after her brutal rape.

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
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It inspired me to read as many books on women in Islam as I could.

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A fabulous new memoir about the stunning epidemic of girls and drinking.

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic by Martha Beck
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It changed my view on so many things.

A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana (Today Show Book Club #3) by Haven Kimmel
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Lovely and funny. It was a wonderful breezy read.

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America : A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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A bit cliche and often annoying, I felt it still deserved to be mentioned.

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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Perhaps one of the most important memoirs you will ever read.

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott
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Beautiful. The beauty and complexity of motherhood is captured so perfectly.

Funny in Farsi : A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
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Great great great.

The Kiss by Kathryn Harrison
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Quite possibly one of the most disturbing memoirs I have ever read or will read.

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