Today Lisa-Jo talks about the complexity of writing memoir when the story centers around the people who we love. We find it remarkable, how our parents resurface in us, the lives we live, and the ways we are. Finally, we work through six of Lisa-Jo's favorite memoirs and what these writers have done so well in the writing of their beginnings.

The five:

Sean Dietrich's Will the Circle Be UnbrokenMichelle Zauner's Crying in H-MartAnn Voskamp's WaymakerTony Woodleaf's Somewhere More HolyJessica Willis Fisher's Unspeakable Tara Westover's Educated