A different approach to writing a memoir

There has been a lot of "misery-lit" around lately--books telling of terrible childhoods, recovery from various addictions, etc. What makes David Carr's memoir, The Night of the Gun, different is that he decided to go back and interview more than sixty people from his past about their versions of what happened. Perhaps not surprisingly, he discovered that they didn't remember things the same way he did. An interesting approach if you're considering writing a memory-based book or article--and maybe a fascinating exercise even if you're not.