How do people writing biographies recall their lives in such detail. I barely remember my childhood just bits and pieces here and there. But nothing close to writing a book.

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How do people writing biographies recall their lives in such detail. I barely remember my childhood just bits and pieces here and there. But nothing close to writing a book.

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My dad wrote an autobiography. He’s had a misguided perspective of how my life went for decades,and I’ve refused to read it. So, long story short, he doesn’t “remember” it. I would say in general that’s why autobiographies are not that authoritative on factual events but rather a good way to find out how someone felt at the time things happened.