Winn's gorgeous new memoir, 'The Wild Silence,' answers that question and does a whole lot more, exploring love, the importance of nature and the meaning of home. Video shows what memoir means. An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author. Any form of narrative describing the personal expe. Memoir (n.) early 15c., 'written record,' from Anglo-French memorie 'note, memorandum, something written to be kept in mind' (early 15c., Old French memoire), from Latin memoria (from PIE root.(s)mer-(1) 'to remember'). The more specific sense of 'a notice or essay relating to something within the writer's own memory or knowledge' is from 17c. Memoir, history or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to, and often confused with, autobiography, a memoir usually differs chiefly in there being a greater degree of emphasis placed on external events in memoirs, whereas. C a book or other piece of writing based on the writer's personal knowledge of famous people, places, or events: She has written a memoir of her encounters with famous movie stars over the years. Memoirs plural (US also memoir).

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1. Dame Julie Andrews:

   My first memoir, 'Home,' was about my childhood, early training and formative years in the Theater, i am so pleased that my good friends at the Hachette Book Group have encouraged me to share the next phase of my life, beginning with my arrival in Hollywood and the wonderful movies and television programs I was asked to be a part of.

2. Dylan Farrow:

   I was disappointed to learn through press reports that Hachette, my publisher, acquired Woody Allen's memoir after other major publishers refused to do so and concealed the decision from me and Ronan Farrow book own employees while we were working on Catch and Kill -- a book about how powerful men, including Woody Allen, avoid accountability for sexual abuse.

3. Random House:

   We're honored to be publishing Prince's unfinished memoir, THE BEAUTIFUL ONES, on October 29, 2019.

4. Author Unknown:

   What we are doing at the moment is more that just one thing added to the rest; it is a memoir.

5. Guy Fieri:

   This really started almost as a family memoir getting my kid ready for college.