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Title: Your Life As Story: Discovering the "New Autobiography" and Writing Memoir As Literature by Tristine Rainer ISBN: 0-87477-922-7 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (12 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful help for any autobiographical writer
Comment: I am reading this book for the third time, very slowly, practicing as I go. I had been 'stuck' for years, unable to make sense of my personal stories, until I came across Rainer's wonderful sourcebook. It's given me the answers I needed: how to decide what to keep and what to leave out, how to weave it all together, how to remember the emotional truth, how to choose the details that make it real. I am finally writing my stories with "Your Life as Story" as guide and encouragement.

[As for a previous reviewer's criticism that Rainer didn't know that Cinderella's mother died, not her father -- they both died in the story I read. There are many versions of the old fairy tails, and they all have something important to tell us.]

Rating: 5
Summary: A great tool for composing your life.
Comment: Ms. Rainer provides practical, useful tips and excercises for creating you memoir, whatever your motivation, be it for personal satisfaction, a legacy for your children or for publication.

The author dispells the myth that only the "rich and infamous" can publish autobiographies. She challenges us to find the pieces of our lives which are truly unique and to present them as literature.

In summary, this book is an excellent tool not only for autobiographers but also for aspiring (or accomplished) writers and for those struggling with some aspect of their life.

Get it, work it, and share it!

Rating: 5
Summary: Student Still Has Rave Reviews
Comment: I was a student of Tristine Rainer's in the Master of Professional Writing Program and this book helped me tremendously when I cut my teeth on autobiography/memoir---not my own, by the way. I co-wrote it with Sir Rupert A.L. Perrin, M.D., and ORDINARY MIRACLES will be published by PublishAmerica in 2004. Thanks, Tristine!

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