Sentences with phrase «memoir chronicles»

Written with an almost poetic transcendence of time, place and memory, this moving memoir chronicles an amazing circle of life.

Inspiring in the best way, Bell's memoir chronicles a lifetime of learning how to be herself.

Written by three friends, the memoir chronicles their unusual path to motherhood.

The film adaptation of Jordan Belfort's memoir chronicles the rise and fall of his brokerage firm and includes loads of sexual exploits and drug binges along the way.

Poet Cheryl Dumesnil's memoir chronicles four conceptions, three miscarriages, and her briefly legal wedding to wife Tracie in San Francisco's City Hall.

This memoir chronicles the life of a pioneer and hero of the organic food revolution.

More than just a primer on the science of solar eclipses, this memoir chronicles a physicist's lifetime fascination with the celestial phenomenon and introduces readers to the quirky world of eclipse chasers (SN: 5/13/17, p. 28).

, a memoir chronicling her journey from stifled, predictable housewife to independent and joyous living.

(In Danish, English and Korean with subtitles) The Way Back (PG - 13 for violence, a nude image, depictions of physical hardships, and brief profanity) Fact - based bio-pic, based on Slavomir Rawicz's memoir chronicling his undertaking a grueling 4,500 mile trek from Siberia to India following an escape with a half - dozen fellow prisoners from a Russian gulag in the Forties.

Authentic - sounding voices and accents shine in Moloney's reading of Irish immigrant McKeon's memoir chronicling her life with the Kennedy family as personal assistant to Jackie Kennedy and sometimes nanny to John Jr. and Caroline in the 1960s.

Although Margaret did not become the teacher she longed to be by profession, her memoir chronicling the 1940's British class system has enlightened countless people to the struggles and injustices suffered by the «downstairs people» of her day.

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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.

She's currently working on a memoir that chronicles her unconventional upbringing, her mother's descent into mental illness, and her attempts to make sense of it all when she discovers Jesus in her 20s.

On the off chance you haven't heard of Andie Mitchell, she's the author of the New York Times» best - selling memoir It Was Me All Along (chronicling her transformative 135 - pound weight loss), and now she's produced this unbelievably beautiful cookbook!

The award - winning British novelist became the first literary Bad Mother for her memoir A Life's Work, which chronicled the «abasements» of pregnancy and «the sacking and slow rebuilding of every corner of my private world that motherhood has entailed.»

Of this trio of books, Eclipse — more a memoir of Close's lifetime fascination and personal experiences with eclipses than a detailed chronicle of historical lore — provides the most amusing and insightful descriptions of eclipse chasers.

His 2015 memoir A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction chronicles his personal struggles and political efforts as well as his deep commitment to reducing the stigma of psychiatric illness and furthering the public's awareness of this crucial issue.

Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent - A memoir of a midwife who has delivered hundreds of babies.

Her forthcoming memoir, The Wellness Project, chronicles her journey with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and how she finally found the middle ground between health and hedonism by making one lifestyle change, one month at a time.

In Strayed's 2012 memoir, the bestselling author chronicled her terror as she forged ahead on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her unbreakable spirit.

Seven years ago, author Julie Spira released her best - selling memoir and online dating book, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online, which chronicled her romantic journey while looking for love online.

Seven years ago, author Julie Spira released her bestselling memoir and online dating book, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online, which chronicled her 15 - year romantic journey while looking for love on the Internet.

Based on Jeannette Wall's best - selling memoir, The Glass Castle chronicles the adventures of an eccentric family led by a dysfunctional father (Woody Harrelson) and the daughter (Brie Larson) who left to make a life of her own.

Based on Homer H. Hickman's memoir «Rocket Boys,» this film begins in 1957 with Russia's historic launch of the Sputnik satellite and chronicles its impact on a group of boys in West Virginia.

Handler's critically acclaimed first memoir, «Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors,» chronicling his astonishing recovery from acute leukemia over 25 years ago, was published in 1996.

True Story, adapted from Finkel's memoir of the same name, chronicles the unusual bond these two pariahs forged, touching on the notoriety that linked them and the moral dilemma that grew out of their conversations.

Based on the 2006 book True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel, the story chronicles the time he spent with Longo (James Franco) during prison visits.

The details of the story, taken from real events chronicled in Krystyna Chiger's memoir The Girl in the Green Sweater and Robert Marshall's In the Sewers of Lvov, lend the familiar elements of In Darkness» narrative a fresh potency.

Based off the memoir of Jane Hawking, the film chronicles the life of famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking from the time the two met at Cambridge and the difficulties they faced after Stephen was diagnosed with the paralyzing Lou Gherig's disease.

«The Glass Castle» is directly based on the best - selling 2005 memoir by author Jeannette Walls, in which she chronicles her very painful life story.

Based on Sestero's memoir of the making of the film, The Disaster Artist, directed by and starring James Franco, chronicles the behind - the - scenes chaos.

Truffaut doesn't push any of the trendy buttons in his chronicle of a connoisseur des femmes: Charles Denner approaches each stage of each conquest as though it were a matter of life and death, and by the time the title of the movie, and Denner's memoir - in - progress, has been fulfilled, we see that those are the stakes precisely.

The Disaster Artist is an adaptation of Greg Sistero's tell - all memoir of the same name, which chronicled the creation of Hollywood enigma Tommy Wiseau's cult movie, The Room.

Based on the memoir from Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg), it chronicles the memorable few days that he spent with acclaimed author David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) following the publication of his landmark novel «Infinite Jest» in 1996.

Based on a graphic - novel memoir by cartoonist Derf Backderf — who was actually a high school classmate of Dahmer's in Akron, Ohio, in the late»70s — the film follows «Jeff» through his last year of high school, chronicling his struggle with his sexuality, his ultimately futile attempts to make and keep friends, and the slow buildup of warning signs about the deeply disturbed man Dahmer would become.

Based on his NY Times best - selling memoir, this ultimate rock - doc is filled with wall - to - wall music, animation and never - before - seen archival footage chronicling the life and career of Guns N» Roses frontman, Duff McKagan, from his beginnings in the Seattle rock scene through the heights, excess, and survival of super stardom.

Written by Amy - Jo Albany from her 2003 memoir, director Jeff Preiss» Low Down chronicles the adolescent years of Amy - Jo (Elle Fanning) in 1970s Los Angeles, spent between living with her jazz pianist / heroin addict father, Joe Albany (John H...

Howard Fuller's memoir, written with Lisa Frazier Page, chronicles his journey from political activist to school superintendent and back again, revealing along the way the monumental challenge of ensuring that poor black children have access to a high - quality education.

Joel Klein's memoir, Lessons of Hope: How to Fix Our Schools, chronicles his eight years (2002 - 2010) as chancellor of the New York City Schools.

In 2010, she wrote a critically acclaimed memoir, The Next Big Story: My Journey through the Land of Possibilities, which chronicles her biggest reporting moments and how her upbringing and background have influenced these experiences.

The fact that 43 - year - old Byars is giving a phone interview is nothing short of a miracle, given that he nearly died not once, but twice — in a pair of events that he chronicles in the intensely powerful memoir Will & I. Not much has been easy since, he writes: «Actions as simple as brushing my teeth, shaving and showering all begin with the question «How am I going to do this?»»

This charming memoir from a blogger - turned - writer chronicles her quest to visit all of the places that nomadic children's writer Laura Ingalls Wilder called home during her long lifetime — and used as inspiration for her Little House series, a literary touchstone for generations of women.

She chronicled the horrors of her kidnapping in her bestselling memoir, My Story (2013).

Satrapi's complete memoir is captivating and dynamic, but the second volume, which chronicles her experiences at boarding school in Austria, has the most YA appeal.

In this graphic - novel memoir, Chikwanine chronicles the harrowing tale of his kidnapping at age five in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the horrors of life as a child soldier.

A mesmerizing memoir of extraordinary brilliance by an entomologist, The Fly Trap chronicles Fredrik Sjöberg's life collecting hoverflies on a remote island in Sweden

Karp's memoir, The Girl's Guide to Homelessness, chronicles this difficult experience.

This poignant memoir and intimate yet sweeping chronicle of the convulsive development of modern China introduces the West to a masterful graphic storyteller, a longtime artist for a Communist Party newspaper.

Qais Akbar Omar's memoir, A Fort of Nine Towers, is a chronicle of the author's childhood and teen years in war - torn Afghanistan.

Readers and aspiring writers will enjoy this combination of memoir and writing manual in which Lyon chronicles her recollections of growing up in Appalachia as well as her own creative process.