1.   Even some recent memoirs examine lives that are still in early progress.

2.   Salter has written five novels and a recent memoir.

3.   The recent memoirs of Frank McCourt and James Carroll have made their mark in American letters.

4.   William Shawn, former New Yorker editor, kept two phones by the side of his bed, according to a recent memoir by his mistress, Lillian Ross.

5.   At home, she said in a recent memoir, political debates are forbidden and respect for all family members required.