WheresTheIceCream20 t1_j576dcu wrote on January 20, 2023 at 9:42 PM Reply to I’ve finished the memoir ‘Running with scissors’ and I loved it, but ….. by [deleted] That's part of reading memoirs vs. autobiographies. Memoirs exaggerate the truth and fill in spots for dramatic effect. So when you read a memoir, you have to take a lot of it with a grain of salt and know that it is embellishment on the truth. Permalink 2
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Reply to I’ve finished the memoir ‘Running with scissors’ and I loved it, but ….. by [deleted]
That's part of reading memoirs vs. autobiographies. Memoirs exaggerate the truth and fill in spots for dramatic effect. So when you read a memoir, you have to take a lot of it with a grain of salt and know that it is embellishment on the truth.