Reading and Roaming
READING BIOGRAPHY When it comes to nonfiction, I read more biography than anything else. I find historical biography often compelling and am regularly drawn into memoirs written by contemporaries. The past few weeks, I’ve been dipping into two works in this genre. The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives by Diane Johnson Novelist Diane …
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My reading lately has tended toward nonfiction. I especially enjoy personal memoirs and biographies of intriguing and somewhat lesser known individuals. My husband recommended Michael Morton’s memoir and I found it riveting. Called Getting Life: An Innocent Man’s 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace, it is his account of his conviction for his wife’s murder …
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