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Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory is a captivating treatise on the corruptibility of memory that also provides tools for exploration of the self and soul through personal narrative.
It started as an essay about the similarities between myth and memoir but took on a more personal meaning as Maureen’s mother struggled with Alzheimer’s disease. Maureen began to look at the relationship of memory to identity as the loss of her mother’s memory affected her sense of herself. It also brokered a healing in the relationship between mother and daughter. As Maureen wrote, the book became more and more about the relationship with her mother and less and less about myth.
It is used in college writing courses throughout the country.
“Unreliable Truth is both a beautifully crafted book about memoir writing and a rich, honest memoir on
its own.”
—Susan M. Tiberghien, Circling to the Center
Drawing on her background as a psychotherapist, she richly illuminates questions about memory and the self, the way emotions are embedded in metaphors, and the underlying myths of our stories. A pleasure to read.”
—Kimberly Snow,
In Buddha’s Kitchen