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    Looking for a memoir that would make me laugh and/or say "jesus I can't believe they went through that". I've enjoyed celebrity memoirs from Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, culty kinds of stuff about fundamentalist groups, MLMs, and Scientology, books about North Korea… Would love any recommendations!

    by rowanerine

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    1. Enough-Active-5096 on

      * Troublemaker – Leah Remini (mostly about Scientology)

      * I’m Glad My Mom Died – Jeanette McCurdy (I’ve heard this is very good on audiobook)

      * Hidden Valley Road – about a family in the 1950s with 12 kids, 6 of them had schizophrenia

      * Escape from Camp 14 – Blaine Harden (about a man who escaped North Korea)

      * Know My Name – Chanel Miller (she was sexually assaulted and the man received a slap on the wrist)

      * The Glass Castle – Jeanette Walls

    2. youmaybemightlove on

      I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

      Counting the Cost by Jill Dugger

      Spare by Prince Harry

      Down the Drain by Julia Fox

    3. MirabelleSWalker on

      Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime. He went through a lot and tells the story with great intelligence and humor.

    4. IceTypeMimikyu on

      A River In Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa (One man’s life and eventual escape from North Korea)

      In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (The story of an abusive relationship that the author went through)

      Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (A retrospective on one of the deadliest Mt. Everest seasons, written by a journalist on the mountain)

    5. Fancy-Restaurant4136 on

      All about me by Mel Brooks,

      Love Lucy,

      Thinking in Pictures by temple grandin,

      Born a crime by Trevor Noah

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