As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies - hosted by joemkl

Someone with a mental illness
Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography of someone who has lived experience of mental illness.
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Virginia Woolf: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of British Authors Book 5) by Hourly History

Virginia Woolf: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of British Authors Book 5)

Hourly History

49 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective fast-paced
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

Wishful Drinking

Carrie Fisher

3 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Pageboy by Elliot Page

Pageboy

Elliot Page

8 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Rememberings by Sinéad O'Connor

Rememberings

Sinéad O'Connor

7 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Love the Bones of You: My Life, My Family, My Father by Christopher Eccleston

I Love the Bones of You: My Life, My Family, My Father

Christopher Eccleston

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Manicurist's Daughter by Susan Lieu

The Manicurist's Daughter

Susan Lieu

10 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Fletcher Wortmann

Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Fletcher Wortmann

259 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

8 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
White Out by Michael W. Clune

White Out

Michael W. Clune

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Nagata Kabi

144 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ manga memoir emotional reflective fast-paced