1. “The Last Lecture” by late Dr. Randy Pausch. This one touched me to the core about the shortness of the life we live in. It's a memoir about a brilliant computer science prof for his your children about his life, fulfilling his childhood dreams, his love for his family, and his journey fighting for more pancreatic cancer research.

2. “Always Looking Up – The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist” by Michael J. Fox. I'm still reading it. The first chapter caught my attention as Michael explains (in detail) what a Parkinson's patient go through each day. I love how simply this memoir was written yet powerful in its delivery from the author.

Thanks for posting the other lists and creating this contest. I have a great variety to fill my summer reading.

Chin..

1. “The Last Lecture” by late Dr. Randy Pausch. This one touched me to the core about the shortness of the life we live in. It's a memoir about a brilliant computer science prof for his your children about his life, fulfilling his childhood dreams, his love for his family, and his journey fighting for more pancreatic cancer research.

2. “Always Looking Up – The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist” by Michael J. Fox. I'm still reading it. The first chapter caught my attention as Michael explains (in detail) what a Parkinson's patient go through each day. I love how simply this memoir was written yet powerful in its delivery from the author.

Thanks for posting the other lists and creating this contest. I have a great variety to fill my summer reading.

Chin..

1. “The Last Lecture” by late Dr. Randy Pausch. This one touched me to the core about the shortness of the life we live in. It's a memoir about a brilliant computer science prof for his your children about his life, fulfilling his childhood dreams, his love for his family, and his journey fighting for more pancreatic cancer research.

2. “Always Looking Up – The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist” by Michael J. Fox. I'm still reading it. The first chapter caught my attention as Michael explains (in detail) what a Parkinson's patient go through each day. I love how simply this memoir was written yet powerful in its delivery from the author.

Thanks for posting the other lists and creating this contest. I have a great variety to fill my summer reading.

Chin..

Hello Shirley,

Here's my list (attached and cut/pasted). I'll write more descriptive material if you want/wish/need?

Thanks for the inspiration your projects bring to my life . . .and many others, I'm sure!

Sally

Memoirs:

CS Lewis Surprised by Joy

Luci Shaw Friends for the Journey

&

Madeliene L’Engle Friends for the Journey

PD James Time To Be In Earnest

Annie Dillard An American Childhood

Frank McCourt Angela’s Ashes

Malcolm Muggeridge Chronicles of Wasted Time

Some years ago (late 1970s, I think it was) a friend of our visited

and interviewed Malcolm Muggeridge and his wife in their home in

England. In recent years I transcribed the tape of that visit!

CK Chesterton Autobiography

Phyllis Tickle The Shaping of a Life

Frances Anne Kemble Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation

I have an 1863 first edition of this book. It's stunning.

Vaughn Williams – Sea Symphony A musical work which provides a plan and inspiration for writing my own memoir someday. See the text for the last movement, which I can provide.

Hello Shirley,

Here's my list (attached and cut/pasted). I'll write more descriptive material if you want/wish/need?

Thanks for the inspiration your projects bring to my life . . .and many others, I'm sure!

Sally

Memoirs:

CS Lewis Surprised by Joy

Luci Shaw Friends for the Journey

&

Madeliene L’Engle Friends for the Journey

PD James Time To Be In Earnest

Annie Dillard An American Childhood

Frank McCourt Angela’s Ashes

Malcolm Muggeridge Chronicles of Wasted Time

Some years ago (late 1970s, I think it was) a friend of our visited

and interviewed Malcolm Muggeridge and his wife in their home in

England. In recent years I transcribed the tape of that visit!

CK Chesterton Autobiography

Phyllis Tickle The Shaping of a Life

Frances Anne Kemble Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation

I have an 1863 first edition of this book. It's stunning.

Vaughn Williams – Sea Symphony A musical work which provides a plan and inspiration for writing my own memoir someday. See the text for the last movement, which I can provide.

Just published – “Resurrection with Cane and Shoe” by Harut Barsamian, the story of a handicapped child who repatriates with his family to Soviet Armenia, bears the brunt of the Soviet Regime, immigrates to the USA in 1966, practically penniless, reaches the heights of Corporate America in record time, wins numerous honors including a Life Fellow of IEEE. He is now a Professor at University of Irvine, California.

“The Immigrants’ Daughter,” is(Mary Terzian) my story, growing up in Egypt, during World War II, in a community of Armenian immigrants traumatized by genocide. Attendance at an English high school inspires me enough to stand up to old-fashioned oppressive parents, to leave home (unheard of in the Middle East), work with the United Nations in different countries and settle in the United States. The book won Best Books 2006 Award and placed finalist in Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. It is sold on Amazon.com and can be obtained through any bookstore.

Both names can be googled for more information.

Just published – “Resurrection with Cane and Shoe” by Harut Barsamian, the story of a handicapped child who repatriates with his family to Soviet Armenia, bears the brunt of the Soviet Regime, immigrates to the USA in 1966, practically penniless, reaches the heights of Corporate America in record time, wins numerous honors including a Life Fellow of IEEE. He is now a Professor at University of Irvine, California.

“The Immigrants’ Daughter,” is(Mary Terzian) my story, growing up in Egypt, during World War II, in a community of Armenian immigrants traumatized by genocide. Attendance at an English high school inspires me enough to stand up to old-fashioned oppressive parents, to leave home (unheard of in the Middle East), work with the United Nations in different countries and settle in the United States. The book won Best Books 2006 Award and placed finalist in Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. It is sold on Amazon.com and can be obtained through any bookstore.

Both names can be googled for more information.