Family and Relationships: Memoirs

Joyce Maynard presents her memoir of finding strength in the midst of great loss, in The Best of Us. To the New Owners: A Martha’s Vineyard Memoir is Madeleine Blais‘s recollection of summers spent at her in-laws bucolic cottage. In her memoir The Wine Lover’s Daughter, Anne Fadiman examines her relationship with her father, Clifton Fadiman, a renowned literary critic, editor, and radio host whose greatest love was wine.