Books like All Over But the Shoutin'
12 books with a reading profile close to All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Carrie Brownstein chronicles her development from a fan in the Pacific Northwest underground music scene to the guitarist of Sleater-Kinney.
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
James McBride alternates between his own upbringing in a Brooklyn housing project and the oral history of his mother, Ruth Jordan.
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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
by Anne Lamott
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · memoir, narrative
Anne Lamott chronicles her first year as a single parent to her son, Sam, during the early 1990s.
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Stitches: A Memoir
by David Small
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
David Small’s graphic memoir recounts his childhood in 1950s Detroit, living in a household defined by emotional withdrawal and medical negligence.
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Wat ik nooit eerder heb gezegd
by Celeste Ng
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Set in 1970s Ohio, the narrative begins with the death of Lydia Lee, the favorite daughter of a mixed-race couple.
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Just Kids
by Patti Smith
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Just Kids chronicles the relationship between Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, beginning with their chance meeting in Brooklyn in 1967.
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When All Is Said
by Anne Griffin
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Maurice Hannigan, an elderly Irish farmer, sits in a pub in a small town one evening and orders five drinks, one for each person who has been important in his life.
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
William Finnegan chronicles his lifelong obsession with surfing, moving from his childhood in California and Hawaii to his global travels as an adult.
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Alexandra Fuller outlines her upbringing in 1970s and 80s Rhodesia, Malawi, and Zambia during a period of violent decolonization.
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Moab Is My Washpot
by Stephen Fry
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
In this memoir, Stephen Fry recounts his first twenty years, focusing on his turbulent education at various English boarding schools and his eventual imprisonment.
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This Boy's Life
by Tobias Wolff
Also inward-looking · memoir, narrative
Tobias Wolff’s memoir recounts his nomadic upbringing in the 1950s as he travels across the United States with his divorced mother to escape an abusive boyfriend.
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