Underrated Memoirs

by Colleen Barrett 0

I asked what your favorite memoir was last week, and all you confession-reading lovers chimed in with your picks. There were the usual suspects, like Angela's Ashes, but I was amazed by the variety and your less-than-obvious choices.

So out of all of your suggestions in comments and on Facebook, I picked eight underrated memoirs to put on your radar.

• Manic, Terri Cheney
• The Aquariums of Pyongyang, Chol-hwan Kang
• Teacher Man, Frank McCourt
• The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls
• Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit, Catherine James
• Miriam's Kitchen, Elizabeth Ehrlich
• Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, Kerry Cohen
• My Own Two Feet, Beverly Cleary

Have any to add?