Guest Newsletter: Five Books - Memoir And Historical Fiction
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What is a memoir?
When Jenny Evans was writing her memoir, Don't Let It Break You, Honey, she read lots of other memoirs to figure out how best to go about itâstudying how their authors shaped a life into a story, recreated the past and navigated the line between memory and fact. Here, she shares the five memoirs that taught her the most. Read more
Historical Novels About Women Written Out of History
Historical fiction can be both a valid and a valuable mode of examining unrecorded or forgotten figures in history, argues the award-winning novelist Alice Jolly. That is especially the case for women's history, which is so often thinly documented. Here she highlights five immersive novels that foreground female stories. Read more
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