[stylist] the problem with memoirs

[vejas]

Hi,
As you know I just finished a memoir.  Now I'm reading another 
one called A Girl named Zippy.  I don't love it yet, but I don't 
hate it either.
Now, this is what I think about memoirs.  I believe that they are 
interesting, as they chronicle a person's life.  However, I am 
more interested in a persns' childhood than adulthood.  
Sometimes, especially in this one book I read, the memoir doesn't 
easily walk the person through their life.  What I mean is, they 
might talk about when they're 8, then when they're 10 and then go 
back to when they're 8.  What's the difference between a memoir 
and an autobiography?

For once I actually know what book I'm going to read after this.  
As you know, there's this  play, "Cheaper by the Dozen", which 
concerns a family of 12 kids.  And there's a book about it, which 
interests me.  So I'm reading it next.
What do you think of memoirs?
Vejas