
Coming-of-Age Stories, featuring Yasmin Azad
Memoir Nation
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The Popularity of Coming of Age Memoirs
Margaret Hoover: What is it about coming of age memoirs that make them so popular? She says they're universal because we've all grown up, and growing up is hard. Hoover: I equally love the books that are very similar to my experiences. And part of that was because the protagonist's experience was so outside of my own.
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