Memorial DaysNew · Memoir, Nonfiction, Grief
Memorial Days
2025 · 224 pages · Nonfiction
61
New
★ 4.28 on Goodreads · 29K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2025). 4.28★ from 29K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
61Must-Read Score
- Critics24 out of 100 · counts 35%+10
- Readers68 out of 100 · counts 50%+39
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #38 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #69 of the 730 new books we rank
- #235 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2025)
- Goodreads Choice (memoir autobiography) finalist (2025)
Reads as
Moving, True story
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