memoirs

/ ˈmɛmwɑːz /

plural noun

1. a collection of reminiscences about a period, series of events, etc, written from personal experience or special sources

2. an autobiographical record

3. a collection or record, as of transactions of a society, etc

Example Sentences

In 2004 she published her memoirs Annabel: An Unconventional Life, where she recalled her aristocratic childhood, glamorous social life in 1960s Swinging London to her role as matriarch and grandmother.

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But in her four memoirs, she safely bared all in print, openly confronting her harsh inner critic, her battle with bulimia, and — yes, Alvy — her musings on death.

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Offscreen, her voice, whether in memoirs, interviews or social media posts, remained singular: a blend of self-deprecation, curiosity and fierce independence.

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That critique assumes great masses of voters devour campaign memoirs with the same voracious appetite as those who surrender their Sundays to the Beltway chat shows, or mainline political news like a continuous IV drip.

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This was not a case of a president inadvertently having a stray classified document at home because he was working on his memoirs.

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Related Words

• account 
• annals 
• biography 
• record 
• relation 
• story 
• tale