I recently pick up a book called Bar Flower, by Lea Jacobson. I’m taking a class on writing memoir right now, and my instructor has told us to go out and find memoirs similar to the ones we’re writing. Bar Flower isn’t like mine, but I thought the subject matter is fascinating: the author talks about how, after being fired from her job teaching English in Japan, she got a job working as a hostess in a Tokyo nightclub. From the description, this was one book I simply could not pass up. Memoir’s not really a genre I generally go in for, but I’m intrigued by this one.
I also picked up a memoir called Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown, by Adena Halpern. It’s basically the story of a woman’s life as told through what she wore on certain occasions.
There’s another memoir out that I’ve been intrigued by: Please Excuse My Daughter, by Julie Klam, a book about a woman who grew up in privileged circumstances, who was forced to grow up after college and find her place in the world. I suppose her story is a lot like mine.
I also picked up a memoir called Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown, by Adena Halpern. It’s basically the story of a woman’s life as told through what she wore on certain occasions.
There’s another memoir out that I’ve been intrigued by: Please Excuse My Daughter, by Julie Klam, a book about a woman who grew up in privileged circumstances, who was forced to grow up after college and find her place in the world. I suppose her story is a lot like mine.
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I kind of like the sound of the clothes one. That's a unique perspective.