[ Memoir ]

I’m debating whether memoirs are interesting, or they are maybe a little self-indulgent. Are they written for recording the facts of someone’s life, or, for the publicising of that life?

I also had to look up the difference between a memoir and an autobiography.  The autobiography is a chronological factual account of a life, while the memoir is a focussed, thematic narrative about a period or experience in that life.

I went to a luncheon today to hear about a couple of memoirs-in-the-making. I learned that knowing the ‘theme’ of your life or experiences is a clever trick to self-awareness.