October 2021 - Forever Young Autobiographies

Tell the truth: The surefire way to out skeletons in the closet

How to write truthfully, types of truth and truth definition

Tell the truth: this is easy to understand but difficult to execute, especially over decades and across generations.

So as Halloween looms, I’m asking do you have skeletons in the closet?

Are there ‘truths’ that should be outed and included in your lif e -story creating?

And what is the definition of truth and the different types of truth anyway?

I answer all these questions in today’s article.

So grab your vampire fangs or witch’s outfit and let’s take a walk on the wild side.

Book review: Biography The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, a leader in racial equality

A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Awards winner by journalist Les Payne and Tamara Payne with W. W. Norton & Company

Epic biography The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne is not just a life story but a lesson in history.

The Liveright/ W. W. Norton & Company publication was released last year and draws on hundreds of hours of interviews to present an unprecedented portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most politically relevant figures.

Renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Les Payne started the book in 1990 and was assisted by his daughter and principal researcher Tamara Payne.

However, after her father’s death in 2018, Tamara went on to finish his life’s work.

Notably the book has picked up a slew of awards including being named Winner National Book Awards 2020 for Nonfiction and most recently Winner 2021 Pulitzer Prize Biography.

So keep reading to find out more about the biography, its points of interest and lessons we can learn as life-story creators …

Case study: Adopted twin sister Julie Ryan McGue on penning her family search memoir Twice a Daughter

Amazing story of how identical twins overcome closed adoption to find their birth parents

The fantastic twists and turns of a family quest inspired adoptee and identical twin Julie Ryan McGue to write her new memoir.

Twice a Daughter: A search for identity, family and belonging was published in May by She Writes Press and named 2021 Living Now Awards Gold Winner in Memoir – Female.

The book tells the story of how a medical issue prompted McGue and her sister to find their birth parents.

Indeed this became a five-year quest involving a search agency, private investigator, confidential intermediary, judge, an adoption agency, social worker and a genealogist.

Plus the sisters unearthed secrets, lies and family members who were literally right next door!

Forever Young Autobiographies recently caught up with McGue to find out more about sitting down to write her amazing story …