The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism.

I always remember my childhood as traumatic, for various reasons; I always felt alienated, outside.

I'm just too lazy. I wish I could be someone that has wild affairs - all of my favorite nonfiction novels are about these wild affairs and postmarital agonistes - but to be honest, I'm someone that doesn't deal well with instability.

I have almost never been compared to male writers in any review. All women.

The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."

When I get too worked up about things I have always escaped into catatonia.

I think the female first-person is still dismissed, demonized, especially if the book does not end on an empowering note, especially if the main character is perceived as unlikeable, or too privileged.