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The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years - The New York Times

Jun 26, 2019 · This is one of the best books ever written about growing up in America. ... At the age of 7, looking about the garden, she saw an apparition, perhaps the Devil. ... This indelible book, an oral history from an illiterate black Alabama ... His prose lights up the experience of growing up in America during this era.