on Jane Friedman site:
1. Confusing Memoir with Autobiography
Writing a memoir is not the same as writing an autobiography.
In an autobiography, you typically start at the beginning of your life and record all the details you can remember, chronologically. In a memoir, you take a slice from your life—a particular theme or lesson or flavor of experience—and write about that, pretty much ignoring the rest.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
I like this – having done my Dad’s memoir from his records, he got it just right IMHO. And he did do something unique. It must have worked somehow, because the book sells with the aid of just a couple of important keywords.
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How many times does one…
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A useful distinction, widely misunderstood. How many time do find a book subtitled ‘A Memoir’ and it then goes on to detail the entire life to date from birth to the present.
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