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Memory Speaks.(memoirs)

Vogue

| April 01, 2008 | O'Grady, Megan | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: MEGAN O'GRADY editor: Valerie Steiker

Whether describing rock-star boyfriends or life on an African farm, the season's best memoirs come from women with stories to tell.

A FREEWHEELIN' TIME: A MEMOIR OF GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE SIXTIES

(Broadway): Artist Suze Rotolo pays rollicking homage to a revolutionary age, passing through the civil rights movement and a male-dominated art scene--as well as a passionate affair with Bob Dylan.

THE RED LEATHER DIARY: RECLAIMING A LIFE THROUGH THE PAGES OF A LOST JOURNAL

(Harper): Sparked by a felicitous discovery in an Upper West Side dumpster, New York Times writer Lily Koppel spins an enthralling true fairy tale about a Depression-era ingenue.

THE BISHOP'S DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR

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