On Life: A List of Memoirs and Meditations
Making this list was really interesting—the lives encompassed in it are wide-ranging but often there is a common theme: survival ... and how surviving uncovers latent strength. If you want to add a book to this list, tweet us @49thShelf!
Nocturne
on The Life And Death Of My Brother
The River
A Memoir of a life in the Border Cities
Mexican Journal
Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter
Growing Up with a Gay Dad
The Oil Man and the Sea
Navigating the Northern Gateway
No One To Tell
Breaking My Silence on Life in the RCMP
MotherFumbler
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Summers in Supino
Becoming Italian
Am I Sane Yet?
An Insider's Look at Mental Illness
Intolerable
There Is A Season
A Memoir
Projection
Encounters with My Runaway Mother
GSP
The Way Of The Fight
The Truth About Luck
What I Learned on My Road Trip with Grandma
Pinboy
Property
The True Story of a Polygamous Church Wife
Belonging
Home Away from Home
As You Were
The Tragedy at Valcartier
Too Close to the Falls
A Memoir
Lily Pond, The
A Memoir of Madness, Memory, Myth and Metamorphosis
