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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Hildebrandt then moved into the family’s house in 2022 and took over Shari Franke’s bedroom, where Ruby Franke would often spend nights with her — a transition Shari Franke also recounts in detail in her own memoir, which was published earlier this year.
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Her daughter, Shari Franke, released a memoir in January called The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Shocking Quest for Freedom.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
The movie rights to Spears' best selling 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, were purchased by Universal Pictures in August 2024.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Hoppus announced the memoir in September and teased it in an infomercial-style video.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Her daughter, Shari Franke, released a memoir in January called The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Shocking Quest for Freedom.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
The movie rights to Spears' best selling 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, were purchased by Universal Pictures in August 2024.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Hoppus announced the memoir in September and teased it in an infomercial-style video.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Memoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memoir. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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