Autobiography – Scuffed Granny

The First Call was Mine by Kay Blake

A memoir of a life which begins troubled but shows the true power of resilience and the importance of having the right support

A wonderful book compiled from a collection of letters, depicting the time Isabella Bird spent in the Rockies in the 1800s

An honest, sometimes excruciatingly so, collection of personal essays, which is also incredibly witty and made this reader laugh out loud

An interesting memoir from childhood to motherhood, relating a tale of tumultuous relationships but also filled with love in its many forms

Beaulieu’s memoir is a brutally honest examination of her family’s history and, in particular, her three brothers and their untimely ends

A memoir, modestly told, of a life varied and, at times, listless and without purpose but with one constant – the writer’s mother

A view of life as a rock star but through a refreshingly different lens, that of Dave Grohl, one that exudes enthusiasm and love for life

A great book, describing Seidel’s experience teaching English to students in Thailand – in a kindergarten! Cultural, frank and real.

A stimulating, thoughtful memoir about a young girl who enters a controversial church at its height and how this shaped her life and faith

A reflection on a childhood in Africa at the end of empire and how that has inexorably shaped the author into the man he was and is now