Volume III / Issue 7 — 12 April 2022
Memoirs are one of my favorite genres to read. I remember the first time I really got hooked on reading about someone else’s life. It was Maureen O’Hara’s ‘Tis Herself: A Memoir, published in 2004. Not only was the cover truly captivating, but the story of her life kept me reading well into the wee hours of the morning—which is no small feat, actually.
She shared all the things we thought we knew, and many of the things nobody could have known. In doing so, she created an opportunity for both reflection and connection. Though I would never have used those words back then, that’s what a good memoir does: It invites us into someone else’s life through moments of connection while simultaneously bouncing us back into our own ‘memoirs in the making’ as we reflect on what we just read.
Today, we are inundated with “reality TV” from both our cable networks and our social media. It seems that we are, at our core, a voyeuristic species. While we may think we only go to the zoo to look at other animals, the truth is we spend most of our lives looking at others’ lives.
Yet memoirs do something that reality TV can never do: They give us space to pause, reflect, and connect (or reconnect) to our own lives and our own stories—ultimately helping us reconnect to each other. They are the quiet roadmaps in life that help us find our way home, often after taking a truly brilliant adventure with someone else.
It’s no wonder that memoirs are one of my favorite things to read, and I can’t wait for you to see what we have in store for you in the future!
All my best,
Martina
“Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She’s not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.“
– Maureen o’hara, ‘Tis herself: a memoir –
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