Sentences with phrase «on a memoir about»

A blockbuster film based on his memoir about his four tours in Iraq contributed to intense interest in the case.

She is currently (and seemingly forever) working on a memoir about her chef apprenticeships abroad.

Or just check out our interview with Child's grand - nephew, Alex Prud «homme, who collaborated with her on a memoir about her life with her beloved Paul and her years in France.

She is currently working on a memoir about getting married for the first time at age 62.

I'm finishing up the polishing stage on my memoir about attending college with five children in tow.

She's currently working on a memoir about travel and taking a journey, and a series of novels about a dog who... well, let's all she'll tell us.

She is currently working on a memoir about being raised by a conservative Indian family, swindling European cab drivers and scaling glaciers.

Keri lives with her family in Charlotte, N.C. and is working on a memoir about raising her adopted son.

Not exact matches

One month he's giving 50 of his friends a new novel he adores, the next he's suggesting everyone get out the tissues and check out a heartbreaker of a memoir, then a bit later he's back on his blog enthusing about a deep dive into eviction in America.

He has been on tour after the publication of his first true memoir, about his mother Lillian, a woman he describes as «the lifeguard on the shores of Lake Fucked.»

According to McGowan's website, her new memoir promises to explore «the truth about the entertainment industry,» «dismantle the concept of fame,» and «shine a light on a multibillion - dollar business built on systemic misogyny.»

What it's about: Comedian Eddie Izzard in this memoir outlines and reflects on his unique path to success as an international star.

The chief operating officer of Facebook and co-author of Option B, a recent memoir about her husband's sudden death, on Tuesday spoke extensively about her unexpected, unwanted training regime.

About a dozen years ago, mega-best-selling author Stephen King wrote a book about the craft of writing that became an instant bestseller: On Writing: A Memoir of the CAbout a dozen years ago, mega-best-selling author Stephen King wrote a book about the craft of writing that became an instant bestseller: On Writing: A Memoir of the Cabout the craft of writing that became an instant bestseller: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.

Anyone who has read Richard Williams's 2014 memoir, «Black and White: The Way I See It,» knows how much resentment he felt about the racism he faced growing up in the American South and how intent he was on preparing his tennis - playing daughters to handle being outsiders in a predominantly white sport.

All of this information is not without a certain interest, but even someone like myself, unusually interested in the man, closes this book reflecting on Gadamer's epigraph to his own academic memoir of 1977, Philosophical Apprenticeships: «De nobis ipsis silemus»» about oneself one must keep silent.

Narrated through scattered morsels spanning the 1950s and 1960s, Roiphe's memoir is less about her six - year marriage to an artist who left her every night for prostitutes and alcohol, and more about her own devastating dependence on artistic prestige.

Grace is working on her first book, Detroit's Daughter, a memoir about surviving her father, her brother, abuse, racism, Christians, boys, and poverty, while growing up in Detroit.

C. S. Lewis and Frederick Buechner have carried on Augustine's memoir of conversion, less confident about the clarity of the design perhaps, but clear about the hand behind it.

«There's a definite sense that if she moves on, so to speak, she'll leave Emma behind,» said Findlay, who wrote about her experience in a memoir, Breathing in Ashes.

He is at work on a harrowing yet comic memoir about having been recently kidnapped in China and on an obsessive modern love novel.

How can a memoir about tragic death (from cancer, on the cusp of 40, with two small children) be so vibrantly about life itself?

I'm always excited by the publication of memoirs about LGBTQ families, and I'm happy to be part of the blog tour for Lara Lillibridge's memoir Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home (Skyhorse Publishing), on its launch date and book birthday.

I write about my experience of surviving those pregnancies in my memoir, Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing and Pregnancy After Loss, now available for pre-order on my website for a signed copy or through Amazon.

With all the fuss over the harshness of Amy Chua's unrelenting «tiger mother» parenting style — the discussion, which was sparked by a Wall Street Journal excerpt of Chua's new memoir about motherhood, made its way onto the cover of TIME this week — few have commented on one simple fact.

French Kids Eat Everything is a surprisingly charming memoir about a family who moved to France with two picky eaters in tow and returned to Canada a year later with a happier, healthier, more educated outlook on food.

Marguerite Elisofon is a New York City writer and the author of My Picture Perfect Family, a memoir about how her family navigated life with a child on the autistic spectrum before the internet and support groups existed.

Marguerite Elisofon is a New York City writer and the author of My Picture Perfect Family: What Happens When One Twin Has Autism, a memoir about how her family navigated life with a child on the autistic spectrum before the internet and support groups existed.

Hillary Clinton will travel to Milwaukee on Nov. 9 — one year and one day after she lost to Trump on Election Day — to discuss «What Happened,» her upcoming memoir about her defeat.

Mr Brown, who has just published a memoir, talks about a possible «game changer» on Brexit, the measures needed to stop Scotland becoming like Catalonia and his belief that political leaders have a «shelf life» of about six years.

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.

Cuomo says he doesn't plan a memoir, but a book on how New York is improving and about its brighter future.

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

And in the memoir she published this summer, The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo, she wrote candidly about the challenges of his MS.. In one heartbreaking scene, she describes how he lost control of his bowels on a trip to an amusement park with Amy and her younger sister.

She writes about her experiences and lessons along the way on her blog She's written two plant - based children's books and is currently editing her memoir; «The Vegan with a Leather Purse.»

Whether you are curious about writing, love to journal, have been working on a secret memoir, or have a specific fiction, poetry, or other projects in mind, this retreat will give you ample space to commit time, energy and focus to your writing practice.

Ghosting — This was a much simpler time where dating sites were mainly perused on laptops and one didn... story in Dolly Alderton's memoir Everything I Know About Love.

About Blog Brimming with quiet humor, Pure Poultry is an immensely readable «how - to and why - to» memoir based entirely on personal experience including plenty of lessons learned the hard way.

In your head, you just have to buckle down on your calorie count for a few weeks or months, and you'll look great in your tightest jeans or fitted leather -LSB-...] Read more Emily Nunn's new book The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart is a memoir about a woman in the midst of grief.

The afternoon ended with a presentation by Bob Barker, but unfortunately I was unable to «come on down» to hear him talk about his new book, Priceless Memories?as it coincided with my book signing of my tell - all romantic memoir, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online.

Cameron Crowe's first feature since 2005's Elizabethtown is based on a memoir by Benjamin Mee about a family who purchases a rundown zoo in the New England countryside.

If what you want is to hear people talk about Petit (including Petit), you might as well buy a copy of the memoir upon which the «The Walk» is based, or watch James Marsh's great 2008 nonfiction film «Man on Wire,» which includes so many re-enactments that it's half a drama, anyway.

«Permanent Midnight» is based on writer Jerry Stahl's hyped memoir about his descent into drugs while cranking out scripts for awful sitcoms like «ALF.»

Based on Hunter's New York Times best selling memoir, producer Allan Glaser and director Jeffrey Schwarz (I Am Divine) have assembled dozens of past and present Hollywood stars, and most importantly the man himself, to talk frankly about being a survivor of the Hollywood roller coaster.

Cheryl Strayed's popular memoir, «Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail», provides the basis for this soul - searching drama about the path to recovery, here literal, that many addicts face in order to get their life on the right track.

Huisman will take on the role of Steven Crane, the oldest Crane sibling and a published writer of supernatural books — including a memoir about his family's time living at Hill House.

But that's where she finds herself as the director of «First They Killed My Father,» the Netflix film based on Loung Ung's memoir about growing up in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime.

Tropic Thunder is the name of a film directed by fresh Brit director Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan), based on the book of the same name, a memoir by American hero Four Leaf Tayback (Nick Nolte) about his time served in «Nam.

Last July, we reported that Paul Rudd would star in Errol Morris «non-documentary feature based on the memoir We Froze the First Man and a This American Life story about Bob Nelson, a California TV repairman who was obsessed with...

If you want to learn all about the many screen incarnations of Godzilla and his brethren, I recommend William Tsutsui's amusing and highly informative memoir, Godzilla on My Mind.