as in biography
a history of a person's life
the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs, in which he will supposedly set the record straight
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Part two of Cher's memoir is expected to be published in 2025.
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Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
In her 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, Spears wrote about her complicated relationship with her two children.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
The pop icon detailed her rise to fame, relationship with ex Federline, being a mother, her conservatorship and more in her memoir The Woman in Me, which was released in 2023 and acquired by Universal Pictures, Variety reported in October.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2024
Haley Mlotek nobly pushes forth a thesis statement for this very genre in her debut memoir, referencing other artists (Leslie Jamison, Sarah Manguso, and Jenny Offill) who have made their work out of the wreckages of their marriages.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
In her 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, Spears wrote about her complicated relationship with her two children.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
The pop icon detailed her rise to fame, relationship with ex Federline, being a mother, her conservatorship and more in her memoir The Woman in Me, which was released in 2023 and acquired by Universal Pictures, Variety reported in October.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2024
Haley Mlotek nobly pushes forth a thesis statement for this very genre in her debut memoir, referencing other artists (Leslie Jamison, Sarah Manguso, and Jenny Offill) who have made their work out of the wreckages of their marriages.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Memoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoir. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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