Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs

Just in case I forget: I read the entirety of the book, including “orange sized hole” in my sophomore year apartment bathroom after having a panic attack on the floor of the library bathroom.

This is a perfect book to keep in your pocket for those odd moments you'd like to fill with a story or two. It is also an ideal book to use as a model for your own memoir.

Beth Ann Fennelly tells the story of her life in tiny vignettes that are both honest and poignant. None of the micro-memoirs lasts more than a few pages and each one leaves you reeling. I often found myself saying to myself, Now what was that about? and rereading the story from start to finish. A few places made me grimace with the writers-workshop feel of the sentences, but I'd honestly always take that over trite.