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Catchword for “misery memoir”
Catchword: misery memoir
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Part of speech: n.
Quotation: Last monday, the mother of Constance Briscoe lost the libel action she had brought against her daughter for the publication of Ugly, Briscoe’s memoir of her upbringing of neglect and abuse. The case was both astonishing and tragic. We are fascinated, in part, by what have come to be called “misery memoirs” because they seem to offer a spectacle that is against nature—surely mothers and fathers love their children.
Article or document title:
“Erica Wagner on how memoirs prove our lives are not lives alone” (URL)
Author:
Erica Wagner
Article, document, publication, web site:
Times
Publishing location:
London, United Kingdom
Date of publication:
Dec. 4, 2008
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