Biographies that you've enjoyed

During lockdown 1st time I read My name is Why by Lemm Sissay
Very harrowing but thought provoking autobiography. Couldn't stop thinking about it for days afterwards.

I enjoyed Toast by Nigel Slater - the chef.

They made into a TV film a few years ago.

As a female youth I read a book from the school library which changed my life. I’ve never been able to track it down since. I think it was called Tchiffely’s ride and it was about a chap who rode a horse from Patagonia to the USA border. Being a horsey sort of girl I fancied doing this and enjoying the adventures. This book more than anything fired my imagination and desire to see as many wild parts of the world as possible in the most unconventional ways.

My Life in Houses by Margaret Forster is a different kind of biography based around the houses she lived in throughout her life.

Educated by Tara Westover reads like a thriller:

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07142R12X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_X5BKHC75D4H2F05YVK9M?tag=gransnetforum-21

I also really enjoyed Devorgilla Days by Kathleen Hart:

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08WYSQLLL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_MRQRFXTWH70GWYA48XZA?tag=gransnetforum-21

I enjoyed reading "Educated" by Tara Westover and "Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China" by Jung Chang.
These books impressed me a lot.

I'm currently reading Look Again by David Bailey. He swears a bit, but as he was born in the same year as my mother I'm finding it interesting to read about what life was like when he was growing up.

I have previously also enjoyed David Mitchells's Back Story, Stephen Fry's Moab is my Washpot and particularly liked Graham Chapman's A Liar's Autobiography.

I once tried to read James Mason's autobiography but he was coming across as such an awful person I couldn't finish it

I loved reading David Niven's The moon is a Balloon and the sequel Bring on the Empty Horses. Both were well written and extremely funny about A list Hollywood, his early life and the antics he got up to.

Keith Richards one is fascinating. How that man is still here is beyond me. I also enjoyed the Marianne Faithfull one, Pattie Boyd's and Cynthia Lennon's. I'm a child of the '60s.

•Lexisgranny• I am reading Spreading My Wing at the moment and really enjoying it

Murray Walker and Mo Mowlam, both excellent.