Winter Journal is a memoir by Paul Auster, © Henry Holt 2012
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Ahhh can’t handle. 2nd person is my least favorite person. Although it’s interesting to think about writing a memoir in 2nd person – it sort of seems like the distance you’re talking about would also happen to the writer (i.e. distancing the writer from his piece while drawing the reader closer?). Also, puberty/gender = ha.