There are fascinating lives and then there are Lady Anne Glenconner levels of fascinating lives.…
Tag: Memoir
Every so often, I’ll read a memoir and the central theme goes far beyond the…
The Chiffon Trenches is fashion journalist André Leon Talley’s second memoir. He is open and…
I was recently wondering how soon it would be before I read a book that…
I just love reading books about how much people love reading books. So you can…
This snappy little biography is Carrie Fisher’s first, brilliant memoir.
Opening sentence: “My publishers remain very keen that neither they nor I go to prison…
Opening sentence: “When I think of my grandmother, it is thus: seated on a high…
Opening sentence: ‘The windows of a spaceship casually frame miracles.’ With this evocative opening sentence,…
