- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Proust Press (Dec 1 1995)
- ISBN-10: 0964991004
- ISBN-13: 978-0964991002
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
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3.7 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)
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Memoir writer says book has been powerfully helpful, May 14 2000
By Elizabeth E. Raymer, M.A., M.F.T - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Memory Triggering Book (Paperback)
I am a psychotherapist and have given some of the exercises to clients to help them recapture memories. As I writer of autobiographical short stories, I find Wendlinger's book very helpful when I am stuck. Retrieval of one memory image evokes many more and I am on my way again. This would also be a very useful book for seniors who are writing about their lives.
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Perfect for those who wish they'd kept a journal!, July 30 2001
By "triggerer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Memory Triggering Book (Paperback)
When my mother died four years ago at age 93, she took with her a treasure: memories of her childhood, five sisters growing up on a succession of farms in Iowa, Minnesota and California as their immigrant parents struggled to succeed in America. My father died much earlier, and he, too, took with him a treasure of memories.My three siblings and I have only snapshots of their lives - no more satisfying than a few stills from a great movie. The same is true of my wife's parents. They came to America from Scotland early in the last century. Except for vignettes, we know little of their experiences. How we wish we had prompted our parents to record their memories for the benefit not only of us and our siblings, but also for our adult children and especially our grandchildren - who are now old enough to be curious about life before computers and television (not to mention cars, telephones, and electric lights!)
However, I doubt that talking with them from time to time, notebook or tape recorder in hand, would have been very successful. What is needed is a process, a blueprint to follow such as provided in this book. Memories can't be forced. A few years ago my teen-age granddaughter called with a school assignment: a series of questions about my early life - growing up in the Depression, WWII military service, etc. I did the best I could, but I'm certain my spur-of-the-moment responses were not exactly what her teacher was expecting, or hoped for.
"The Memory Triggering Book" is perfect for those who wish they'd kept a journal. It provides a method of constructing that journal in retrospect - creating a treasure for those in succeeding generations who care, if not now then surely in the future.
Memory triggering as guided in this book has at least two virtues: enhancing one's own life through systematic retrospection, and enhancing the lives of those who follow by providing insights into the lives of their forebears. My emphasis is on the latter, but in so doing the former comes into surprising focus.
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Great Help for Writers, Mar 16 2000
By Richard Moore - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Memory Triggering Book (Paperback)
This is a special, one of a kind, book. It was great fun just to browse through the sample memories the author and others have provided to illustrate each excersize. The excersises themselves were incredibly evocative. This book is probably intended primarily as a stimulus to sharing among family and friends; I may bring it out after Thanksgiving dinner next year. However, the main benefit for me has been to enrich my autobiographical writing. It's hard for me to imagine anyone's memory being blocked after dipping into almost any section of this book. For some this book may become a family keepsake full of handwritten annotations by various family members. Right now, my copy goes on the shelf next to my Roget's and my Webster's. I definitely recommend it.
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