Dysfunctional Childhood Memoirs to Rival V. C. Andrews' FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC

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Running with Scissors
Running with Scissors 3.77 avg rating — 400,427 ratings
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This Childhood of Mine: A Memoir of My Last Summer with My Mentally Ill Mother and Alcoholic Father
This Childhood of Mine: A Memoir of My Last Summer with My Mentally Ill Mother and Alcoholic Father 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 71,037 ratings
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Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,772,757 ratings
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Mommie Dearest
Mommie Dearest 3.67 avg rating — 11,365 ratings
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The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World 3.41 avg rating — 7,422 ratings
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,572 ratings
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High on Arrival
High on Arrival 3.84 avg rating — 9,287 ratings
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The Sound of Gravel
The Sound of Gravel 4.30 avg rating — 59,125 ratings
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Chanel Bonfire
Chanel Bonfire 3.76 avg rating — 6,243 ratings
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On Sunset: A Memoir
On Sunset: A Memoir 3.70 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? 4.01 avg rating — 45,371 ratings
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Crave: A Memoir of Food and Longing
Crave: A Memoir of Food and Longing 3.50 avg rating — 243 ratings
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Mating in Captivity: A Memoir
Mating in Captivity: A Memoir 3.69 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Hiding Out
Hiding Out 3.58 avg rating — 748 ratings
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Apocalypse Child: A Life in End Times
Apocalypse Child: A Life in End Times 3.69 avg rating — 410 ratings
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Priestdaddy
Priestdaddy 3.86 avg rating — 25,273 ratings
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Jell-O Girls: A Family History
Jell-O Girls: A Family History 3.12 avg rating — 3,959 ratings
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The Polygamist's Daughter
The Polygamist's Daughter 3.63 avg rating — 14,001 ratings
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Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction
Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction 3.32 avg rating — 390 ratings
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North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both 4.25 avg rating — 17,610 ratings
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The Wild Truth: A Memoir
The Wild Truth: A Memoir 3.85 avg rating — 13,376 ratings
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The Astor Orphan: A Memoir
The Astor Orphan: A Memoir 2.92 avg rating — 1,405 ratings
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood 3.97 avg rating — 56,652 ratings
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Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood 3.74 avg rating — 20,071 ratings
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Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter 4.18 avg rating — 37,741 ratings
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A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood
A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood 3.95 avg rating — 257 ratings
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The Only Girl in the World
The Only Girl in the World 3.77 avg rating — 9,150 ratings
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Nobody's Home
Nobody's Home 3.78 avg rating — 82 ratings
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With or Without You
With or Without You 3.67 avg rating — 7,651 ratings
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The Long Journey Home: A Memoir
The Long Journey Home: A Memoir 2.93 avg rating — 481 ratings
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There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me
There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me 3.55 avg rating — 6,139 ratings
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Lucky Me: My Life With--and Without--My Mom, Shirley MacLaine
Lucky Me: My Life With--and Without--My Mom, Shirley MacLaine 3.56 avg rating — 1,051 ratings