The Coffee Table Book Connoisseur
Everyone loves stories that involve people and a hint of scandal. This week my coffee table has been inundated with memoirs, some of which I must share with you all!
Grace

Grace Coddington is the Creative Director at American Vogue. Born in Wales, she left aged 19 and travelled to London to become a model. Grace charts her life as a model and later as a fashion editor at British and American Vogue.Along with her accessible writing style, Grace is filled with great photographs and illustrations.
Autobiography

Autobiography by The Smith’s frontman Morrissey was published last month. The Penguin Classics cover has attracted much attention, although the reception has been generally positive. Critics have noted the “beautifully measured prose style”, while Colin Paterson on the Today programme suggested that it is “funnier than the Iliad.”
Joseph Anton

The declaration of a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for his book The Satanic Verses was a life changing event. Documenting his life underground, moving from different houses with the constant presence of armed police, Rushdie kept one thing constant, his alias, ‘Joseph Anton’, which titles this epic memoir of novelistic quality.
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