Sentences with phrase «as memoir with»

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Knox credits Bridge Across My Sorrows, a memoir by Christina Noble with Robert Coram, as being a big source of her personal and professional resilience.

Diagnosed with Tourettes as a teen, he began smoking and experimenting with drugs and alcohol after his Olympic win, falling into depression and becoming self - destructive ---- a period he chronicles in his recently published memoir Chasing Water.

Mantel's memoir, like the novels, is thick with smoldering grievances: against teachers («I don't know if there is a case on record of a child of seven murdering a schoolteacher, but I think there ought to be»); adults generally («In Hadfield, as everywhere in history of the world, violence without justification or apology was meted out by big people to small»); and above all, against the Catholic Church, which stood in judgment on her mother when Mantel was a child.

Rubio has also drawn attention with the release of his memoir, An American Son, as well as his brief time in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints, his baptism into the Roman Catholic Church, and his ties to an evangelical church.

Plus, a spiritual memoir (my one weakness) coupled with Oxford, literature, poetry, and other English - isms (my other one weakness), well, I sort of adopted her as my kindred spirit.

The higher power recently spoke with EW about his upcoming memoir — as told to former «Daily Show» exec David Javerbaum — his Twitter account and (but of course!)

When Jason Boyett and I realized we had both written memoir - style books about our experiences with doubt to be published byZondervan in the spring / summer of 2010, we decided to team up rather than compete — an arrangement that has probably worked more in my favor than his, seeing as Jason's already published a shelf - full of books and has earned a reputation for being one of the industry's most thoughtful and humorous voices.

It's unlike any other I've written, for in addition to memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay, all aimed at engaging your questions, doubts, ideas, and imagination as you wrestle with the Bible along with me.

First, I want to think with you about a matter that requires me not entirely to pass by some parts of the memoir, even though» as I said at the outset» I myself think it hard to find the right way to take them up.

Despite the book's subtitle, however, this is not so much a history as a combination of memoir and spiritual autobiography, the work of a writer who is wrestling honestly with his faith and the legacy of his church.

Moreover, given the rise of memoir as a literary genre in recent decades, I would see Gioia's list and raise him a series of nonfiction writers whose work is shot through with a profoundly Catholic sensibility — writers like Richard Rodriguez, Annie Dillard, Patricia Hampl, Thomas Lynch, and Barry Lopez.

As the book begins, Simonini is writing his memoir, after a chance encounter with the young Sigmund Freud, in an attempt to recover from a case of partial amnesia and, as it turns out, split personalitAs the book begins, Simonini is writing his memoir, after a chance encounter with the young Sigmund Freud, in an attempt to recover from a case of partial amnesia and, as it turns out, split personalitas it turns out, split personality.

Workshop participants will explore food writing with an in - depth look at recipe development, food as memoir / essay, creative writing & food journalism, and touch on podcasting / broadcasting as well.

As it was with her first book and memoir: Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, Lauren's fictional debut proves, yet again, that she has what it takes to leave an indelible mark.

If there is a message in this wry and honest parenting memoir, it's to toss unrealistic hopes, to stop parenting with such intention, or, as Lauren puts it: «Sometimes, you have to be content.»

-- Boston Globe «If there is a message in this wry and honest parenting memoir, it's to toss unrealistic hopes, to stop parenting with such intention, or, as Lauren puts it: «Sometimes, you have to be content.»

She owns up to her mistakes (promoting a book as a memoir when it was fiction), acts silly (a cross-country road trip with her best friend Gayle), cries when her dog dies or she hears a heartbreaking story, gets behind causes she believes in (a girls school in South Africa), and acts like a student and not just a teacher (organizing a 10 - week online class to discuss Eckhart Tolle's book, «A New Earth.»)

Sarah's book, also titled Fed Up With Lunch, is as much a personal memoir as it is a book about school food reform.

The Conservative views has not received as much personal memoir of interpretation, although Oliver Letwin's recent Hearts and Minds does deal with some aspects in a very elegant and thoughtful way.

The memoir tellingly begins with politics, not a misty - eyed recall to ancestral homes in Glasgow and County Donegal; though, Blair weaves anecdotes as asides in his narrative.

Straw's memoir ends with his role as an active backbencher and his thoughts on making government more accountable and Parliament more relevant.

Ford mentioned his memoir several times as he publicly flirted with a primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand earlier this year.

No former cabinet minister has written a memoir that comprehensively deals with Iraq and Afghanistan, and more general memoirs or political histories, such as Anthony Seldon and Guy Lodge's Brown at 10, only discuss Afghanistan in passing.

On the other hand, it can be argued that Quinn is not especially concerned with Thompson, and has in fact been thinking just as much about the soon - to - be candidacy of Anthony Weiner, as demonstrated by her Sharing Tour and upcoming memoir, seemingly tailor - made to trump Weiner's own Oprahtic tale of personal redemption.

It could be described as a busman's holiday: the most popular book MPs will be «relaxing» with on their summer breaks this year is Peter Mandelson's memoir of New Labour, The Third Man.

Clinton earned more than $ 5 million in royalties for her 2014 memoir, «Hard Choices,» and roughly $ 1.5 million delivering speeches last year, according to a personal financial disclosure her campaign released hours after Trump said he had filed his own disclosure with the FEC, as required by law.

I'm also busily putting together my memoir as well... I'm content with what I'm doing now.»

The New York Times published a detailed account of administration aides» interactions with the committee, including Cuomo's former secretary, Larry Schwartz, that forced the governor to defend himself as he was touring the state and trying to promote his memoir.

A re-election year that was shaping up as a coronation — complete with the rollout of a memoir — proved unexpectedly trying.

In his memoir, he wrote about camping on this property with his young family as their jungle home was built.

In this memoir, paleontologists Walker and Shipman splice stories of their adventures excavating the animal with an analysis of its biology — as revealed by current research and by Mary Leakey, who discovered the first Proconsul skull in Kenya in 1948.

One day, after struggling for years with ill health, she wandered out to an abandoned parking lot and, as she wrote in her memoir Why Suffer?

As much about dealing with the pain of parting as an artistic memoir, this is a bittersweet delighAs much about dealing with the pain of parting as an artistic memoir, this is a bittersweet delighas an artistic memoir, this is a bittersweet delight.

Helmed by seasoned director Rory Kennedy (Last Days in Vietnam, A Boy's Life), the film takes a pretty straightforward and linear approach to Hamilton's narrative — a living, breathing memoir — beginning with his childhood days as a towheaded beach rat who chose pro surfer Bill Hamilton to be his dad.

In his memoir, Ben Bradlee, The Post's longtime editor — winningly played by Tom Hanks with macho suavity and an on - and - off Boston accent — devotes four times as much space to Watergate (a story that his paper did break) as to the Pentagon Papers.

Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Freddie Highmore, Ken Stott, Matthew McNulty, Clare Higgins, Victoria Hamilton, Selina Cadell, Tracey Wilkinson Director: S.J. Clarkson Summary: Adapted from famed food writer Nigel Slater's memoir, this drama centers on young Nigel, who struggles with his mother's death, a troubled relationship with his father and a new stepmother even as he pursues his passion for cooking.

Based on Petit's memoir (yes, he's alive), the film is presented as a recollection, with Joseph Gordon - Levitt narrating, sometimes in voice - over, but often directly to the audience.

Based on a memoir by Carolyn Briggs, Higher Ground stars Farmiga as a woman struggling with her faith over the decades.

Ebert tweeted this morning that his memoir, «Life Itself,» which was published last year, and recently hit as a paperback, «has been optioned for a doc by Steve James («Hoop Dreams «-RRB- and Steven Zaillian, with Martin Scorsese as exec producer» And Ebert has expanded on the news a little, telling Matt Singer at Criticwire «This dropped out of the blue.

Adapted from the best - selling memoir by Jordan Belfort, the Bronx - born trader whose «pump - and - dump» schemes and penny - stock frauds made him millions - leaving duped investors with busted bank accounts - The Wolf of Wall Street tracks the rise and fall of its merrily debauched antihero, from his brief stint at an old - money brokerage house to his drug - fueled glory days as the CEO of an epic con.

Film critic Roger Ebert announced on Twitter that his memoir, «Life Itself» (which is newly out in paperback, by the way), has been «optioned for a doc by Steve James («Hoop Dreams») and Steven Zaillian, with Martin Scorsese as exec producer.»

As his love affair with movies continued, Ebert, ever - reflective and analytical, turned to the subject of his own life with his 2011 memoir Life Itself, exploring the road that led him to become synonymous with the «Thumbs Up» review.

Though Northup's memoir is strictly chronological, Ridley's screenplay shrewdly starts us in the middle of the story, with Northup well into his new identity as Platt the slave deep in the bayous of Louisiana.

Strengths: Another movie that festival audiences adored is Paul McGuigan's «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool,» adapted from Peter Turner's memoir about Gloria Grahame, starring Annette Bening as the aging star who has an affair with a younger actor (Jamie Bell).

Echoing his witty writing style, Bill Bryson's memoir of his trek up the Appalachian Trail is adapted as a gently amusing comedy that combines big landscapes with sharp observational humour.

She burst onto the scene with a memoir about her brief career working as a stripper before winning an Oscar for her work on Juno, one of the finest films released in a great year for cinema, 2007.

My Week With Marilyn Based on the memoir of a young man who worked as an assistant to Laurence Olivier during the making of «The Prince and the Showgirl,» this film delivers in all the ways one might expect - as an insider story and as an evocation of the period.

Lone Survivor is based on the best - selling memoir by Marcus Luttrell (Played in the film by Mark Wahlberg, 2 Guns) about his ordeal in 2005 as a Navy SEAL who must fight for survival with three of his fellow frogmen in the mountains of Afghanistan when their mission, dubbed Operation Red Wings, is compromised, resulting in the Taliban in the area hunting them down.

Propped up by class and affectation — he wears a bow tie, attends Princeton reunions to bellow «Old Nassau» with other middle - aged inebriates, and competes with his wife to see who can more fully drop the «r «s in French words such as «chevre» and «memoir» — he's spent a lifetime imagining himself a success, only to discover abruptly that he is in fact a failure at both work and marriage and had simply never noticed.

Wilson's string of box office successes also include Little Fockers, the third installment of the blockbuster Fockers series, opposite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro; Marley & Me, with Jennifer Aniston, based on the popular memoir by John Grogan; the Night At The Museum franchise opposite Robin Williams and Ben Stiller; the smash hit comedy Wedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn; the romantic comedy You, Me And Dupree; and as the voice of Lightning McQueen in Disney's Cars and Cars 2.