Denis Ledoux has been a teacher all his life. His master’s degree is in education. While he has worked with learners of all ages, he has most enjoyed working with adult writers.
Besides working with hundreds—perhaps even thousands—of memoir writers over the years, he has also been an active writer who has grappled with every aspect of memoir writing.
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French Boy /A 1950s Franco-American Childhood presents his experience of growing up in Maine’s largest non-Anglo ethnic community. His memoir chronicles the early life of a boy born in 1947 in Lewiston, Maine. Filled with historical research and psychological and sociological insights, it is more than a personal memoir; it is the story of a generation living at the margins of American life. For excerpts, click here. To buy click, here.
We Were Not Spoiled / A Franco-American Memoir is his mother’s story which they collaborated on. She subsequently sold it from her room at the assisted living facility where she lived. For free excerpts, click here. To buy a hard copy or ebook, click here. He fee so grateful to have this story now that she is deceased.
A Sugary Frosting / A Memoir of A Girlhood Spent in a Parsonage is the story of my deceased wife’s youth. She had written some stories, and I finished the book using them, her journals and my reminiscences. Writing this book was part of my grieving process. For free excerpts. click here. To buy a hard copy or ebook, click here. This book was hard to write because it brought Martha back into my life, and at the same time, reminded me that she was not in my life physically. I am so pleased to have her memory in writing.
He is also the author of Turning Memories Into Memoir / A Handbook for Writing Lifestories. It is an A-to-Z overview of memoir writing and has sold over 35,000 copies in paper back and thousands more copies in e-versions. To purchase a copy, click here.
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