Handling the truth: on the writing of memoir

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A memoir-writing guide offers writing lessons and examples for those interested in putting their memories down on paper, explains the difference between remembering and imagining, and describes the language of truth.;Definitions, preliminaries, cautions. Prefatory ; Memoir is not ; Memoir is ; Read to write ; Great expectations ; Careful, now -- Raw material. Wrestling yourself down ; Tense? ; Find your form ; Photo shop ; Do you love? ; Whether the weather ; Landscape it ; Think song ; The color of life ; I hear voices ; Tastes like ; Something smells-- fishy? ; Empty your pockets ; Telling detail ; Let me check on that ; First memory ; Remain vulnerable -- Get moving. What's it all about? ; Beginnings ; Blank page -- Fake not and other last words. Fake not ; Exercise empathy ; Seek beauty ; Most unlonely -- Appendix. Read. Please. Childhood relived ; Mothers, fathers, children ; Grief ; The natural world ; Unwell ; Leaving and returning ; Rapacious minds ; Funny business ; Helpful texts. Definitions, preliminaries, cautions. Prefatory Memoir is not Memoir is Read to write Great expectations Careful, now -- Raw material. Wrestling yourself down Tense? Find your form Photo shop Do you love? Whether the weather Landscape it Think song The color of life I hear voices Tastes like Something smells-- fishy? Empty your pockets Telling detail Let me check on that First memory Remain vulnerable -- Get moving. What's it all about? Beginnings Blank page -- Fake not and other last words. Fake not Exercise empathy Seek beauty Most unlonely -- Appendix. Read. Please. Childhood relived Mothers, fathers, children Grief The natural world Unwell Leaving and returning Rapacious minds Funny business Helpful texts.