Sarah from Your True Shelf joins Jenny to share their pick of great memoirs. We cover some 'sensible' memoirs and also (our fave) celeb memoirs.
Books mentioned
- Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist
- Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
- Waterfall of Stars by Rosanne Alexander
- Unfamiliar by Kirsty Logan
- Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja
- Why Did You Stay? by Rebecca Humphries
- Mighty Be Our Powers by Carol Lynn Mithers and Leymah Gbowee
- Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
- This I Know: Notes in Unravelling the Heart by Susannah Conway
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Open Book by Jessica Simpson
- More Myself by Alicia Keys
- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
- Paris by Paris Hilton
- Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham
- This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes
- Taste by Stanley Tucci
- Me by Elton John
- Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner
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