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Some stories feature an ordinary person in extraordinary circumstances; others feature an extraordinary person in ordinary circumstances. I'd love suggestions for good autobiographies in the second category

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Idan ("eden") Solon ("sew-lin") (

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Pretty much every autobio covers the second because there are ordinary circumstances in virtually everyone's life at one time or another.

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I mean at some point or another, but I mean a bit more generally; some people's lives are interesting because they like... got born into a cult or had a rare cancer or almost died on a mountain

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Idan ("eden") Solon ("sew-lin") (

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I like Russell Baker's book, Growing Up;

's books, The Liar's Club & Cherry; and Frank McCourt's books, Angela's Ashes & Tis.

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