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How to pronounce memoir in English?

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Type Words
Type of autobiography
Type Words
Type of essay

Examples of memoir

memoir
His memoir has just reached bookstores, in time for his 70th birthday yesterday.
From the bloomberg.com
The cover works regardless of whether it's a novel or a memoir or what have you.
From the time.com
The highly articulate memoir plods along as the actor recounts his younger self.
From the latimes.com
The reason revealed itself soon after I completed the first draft of the memoir.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
In her memoir, A Winter in Majorca, Sand describes the views from the monastery.
From the independent.co.uk
In his later years, he wrote a compelling short memoir of his life as a soldier.
From the washingtonpost.com
Palin's first book, the memoir Going Rogue, has sold more than 2 million copies.
From the suntimes.com
According to media reports, she also is writing a memoir that is due out in May.
From the thestate.com
Burnham declined comment on how or whether Palin's memoir would be fact-checked.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • An account of the author's personal experiences
  • An essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
  • A memoir (from French: mu00E9moire: memoria, meaning memory or reminiscence) is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private, that took place in the subject's life. The assertions made in the work are understood to be factual...
  • Memoir (published in North America as All Will Be Well) is an autobiographical account of the childhood of Irish author John McGahern. It was published in 2005, and the author died in 2006. ...
  • A narrative of a writer's (or fictional narrator's) family history or personal background.
  • A work centering on one event usually near a historic moment
  • (Back Cover) Example 1:"This simple memoir is
  • A personal reflection or account.