Unreliable Truth On Memoir and Memory,9781580050838

Unreliable Truth On Memoir and Memory

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ISBN13: 9781580050838
ISBN10: 1580050832
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-05-23
Publisher(s): Seal Press
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Summary

- Includes practical tips and writing suggestions for the aspiring memoirist and a glossary of writing terms - Maureen Murdock has taught creative writing for more than a decade and leads memoir-writing workshops nationally - The author's previous books (including The Heroine's Journey and Fathers' Daughters) have sold more than 120,000 copies

Author Biography

Maureen Murdock is a psychotherapist, creative writing teacher, and the author of the best-selling book The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, as well as Fathers’ Daughters; Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery with Children; and The Heroine’s Journey Workbook. A core faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Murdock lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Table of Contents

PART ONE To the Best of My recollection
There Is So Much I Don't Remember
3(14)
Jigsaw Pieces of Memory
17(12)
Memory in Transit
29(16)
Women Writing Their Lives
45(12)
Heath Bars, a Girdle and Danny Kaye
57(10)
Don't Bother
67(8)
The Healing Power of Memoir
75(8)
Not to Go Inside
83(14)
Root Memories
97(14)
PART TWO On Writing Memoir
Why Write Memoir?
111(8)
Getting Started
119(10)
Universality
129(8)
Intimacy, Relational Style and Tense
137(10)
Emotional Truth and the Voice of the Narrator
147(10)
Humor and Self-Reflection
157(6)
Glossary of Terms 163(4)
Bibliography 167(8)
Acknowledgments 175(2)
Credits 177

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