Memoir – 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 insight into Dame Dench’s roles from Shakespeare, showing her love for the bard and her appreciation for his words

Sandra Tyler in her memoir has crafted something which at times is hard to read in its candour but whose essence is deeply touching

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

The fictionalised true story of Lale Sokolov, the tattooist of Auschwitz – a tale of human survival and the will to endure, as well as love

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

The book that begins Maya Angelou’s memoir is full of her experiences at a young age of what is wrong with the world but also, what is right

A touching and funny memoir by the author about his relationship with his mother and their lives together