The best memoirs share individual stories that illuminate broader or universal truths. They avoid pat answers, challenging and complicating how we view our world, our relationships, and ourselves. We’re drawn to memoirs in part because reading another person’s story can help us better understand our own: What have we learned? Who have we found or left behind? How have we survived? A good memoir will demand our attention, entertain us, show us new vistas—and sometimes, it’s also a place where we can meet ourselves.
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