Judy McLain
1 min readNov 21, 2019

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I’ve read several on your list. My favorites from your list:

The Glass Castle- Jeannette Walls

Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl

Last Jew of Treblinka- Chil Rajchman

Wishful Drinking — Carrie Fisher

And these are some of my favorites not on your list:

All Over But the Shoutin- Rick Bragg

Hillbilly Elegy-J.D. Vance

A Hole in the World- Richard Rhodes

The Same River Twice- Chris Offutt

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius — Dave Eggers

My Own Country — Abraham Verghese

Beautiful Boy -A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction — David Sheff

Hunger- A Memoir of My Body — Roxane Gay

Dry- Augusten Burroughs

Night — Elie Wiesel

Tell Me a Story-My Life with Pat Conroy — Cassandra King Conroy

The Liar’s Club — Mary Kerr

Then Again — Diane Keaton

A Paper Life — Tatum O’Neal

Ava’s Man — Rick Bragg

Atchafalaya Houseboat — Gwen Roland

The Sound of Gravel — Ruth Wariner

I read a lot of memoir. Of the list above I think Richard Rhode’s A Hole in the World is probably the one I would suggest. He is a powerful writer and his story of his childhood at the hands of his evil, abusive step-mother is disquieting. I also love Rick Bragg and Augusten Burroughs. Mary Kerr is a standout.

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Judy McLain
Judy McLain

Written by Judy McLain

Shit Creek survivor. Storyteller. Feminist liberal. Southern without the accent. Chihuahuaist.

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