When you say we are in a golden age of memoir, I believe that to be true. Over the last six months I have noticed my memoir No Rules picking up sales at in person events versus my thriller, which sold 2 to 1 before that. Now they are selling 1 to 1.
Brooke, I have you to thank for helping me complete my memoir after years of trepidation around how to do so. Your 6-month memoir class was so valuable to me.
Rokhl Auerbach's memoir, Warsaw Testament, published 2024, translated by Samuel Kassow, is seeing the light of day some 50 years after her death. It is based on her wartime writings during WWII and, as the title indicates, set in Warsaw, Poland where she lived in the ghetto set up by the Nazis and then outside the ghetto when she successfully escaped and posed as a non-Jewish Pole. All of the memoirs from this era are chilling. Auerbach's has an added dimension as she was part of a Jewish infrastructure that sprang up to succor the Jewish population. Her "day job" while she lived in the ghetto was managing a soup kitchen and, after work was done, she had her work as a co-conspirator and memoirist -- hoping against hope to save lives, to strike a blow against Nazism, and to leave future generations a record of Jewish struggle. (Today's readers may find parallels to the efforts in Gaza today to feed and succor the civilian victims of the Israeli military. I know I do.)
This sounds fabulous. Totally agree that thinking and priorities shift after the loss of a parent. That plus a few more birthdays has helped me to say YES more easily.
When you say we are in a golden age of memoir, I believe that to be true. Over the last six months I have noticed my memoir No Rules picking up sales at in person events versus my thriller, which sold 2 to 1 before that. Now they are selling 1 to 1.
Brooke, I have you to thank for helping me complete my memoir after years of trepidation around how to do so. Your 6-month memoir class was so valuable to me.
Rokhl Auerbach's memoir, Warsaw Testament, published 2024, translated by Samuel Kassow, is seeing the light of day some 50 years after her death. It is based on her wartime writings during WWII and, as the title indicates, set in Warsaw, Poland where she lived in the ghetto set up by the Nazis and then outside the ghetto when she successfully escaped and posed as a non-Jewish Pole. All of the memoirs from this era are chilling. Auerbach's has an added dimension as she was part of a Jewish infrastructure that sprang up to succor the Jewish population. Her "day job" while she lived in the ghetto was managing a soup kitchen and, after work was done, she had her work as a co-conspirator and memoirist -- hoping against hope to save lives, to strike a blow against Nazism, and to leave future generations a record of Jewish struggle. (Today's readers may find parallels to the efforts in Gaza today to feed and succor the civilian victims of the Israeli military. I know I do.)
Thanks for sharing this recommendation!
So jazzed about this, Brooke. But I have no idea how you manage to do all you do!!!
Congratulations, Brooke! I know your classes will be incredibly supportive and inspiring!
This is so exciting! Congrats and cheers to saying yes to you!
What an offering. So jazzed for friends who are writing memoirs.
Exciting!!!! Love that you acknowledge how yes can be mucky, and still count!
What exciting news. And thanks for acknowledging getting to yes is a deliberative process and then YES is deliberate.
Thanks for The Wild Why shout out, Brooke, and for saying yes to it! May Memoir Nation soar!
Loved our interview!
So exciting, absolutely perfect, it's on!
It is! 🙌 Thank you!
Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. This. Congratulations!
Very excited about this! A memoir community is just what I need right now. And good for you, Brooke, for saying YES to the things that matter most.
Thank you, Krista!
You've created another chorus of "Wow!" Brooke. Congratulations to you and Grant for bringing "Memoir Nation" into the world.
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This sounds fabulous. Totally agree that thinking and priorities shift after the loss of a parent. That plus a few more birthdays has helped me to say YES more easily.
This is so exciting! I can't wait to sign up and be part of this community. Thank you, Brooke, for all you do to support writers.
Thank you so much, Jennifer!
I'm in! Congratulations on Memoir Nation, and I'm excited to be a part of it through a one-year membership.
Thank you, Sarah—and welcome!