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Nancy Pearl on the memoir

by Todd Mundt

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present_creation What combination of truth, gossip, and embellishment makes a memoir great? Nancy Pearl, the author of Book Lust and More Book Lust will be on KUOW’s Weekday to offer her recipe, and then recommend her favorite memoirs.

And with the phones open, you can join the fun, too, with your own list of favorite memoirs.

Dean Acheson’s Present at the Creation. That’s mine.

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