Art Imitating Life

These powerful women shared tragedies and triumphs in their must-read memoirs

INSIDE OUT

In her debut book, Demi Moore goes beyond writing about her high-profile marriages to ex-husbands Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher. She also shares stories of childhood trauma and issues with substance abuse. “It’s exciting, and yet I feel very vulnerable,” she said of the tome’s release.

BECOMING

Former first lady Michelle Obama recalls her Chicago upbringing and her eight years in the White House — but also reveals fun facts, like when husband Barack wore “a white linen blazer that looked as if it’d come straight out of the

Miami Vice costume closet” to meet her friends!

WATCH ME

In addition to stories of her rise to fame, Anjelica Huston’s cheating ex Jack Nicholson gets a lot of real estate in her coming-of-age memoir, Watch Me — and understandably so: The ill-fated duo dated on and off for 17 years. “I wanted to have a perfect romance and a lovely husband,” she writes.

THE LAST BLACK UNICORN

Comedian Tiffany Haddish’s autobiography is both brutally funny and unflinchingly honest. She recalls a series of heartbreaks and hilarious high points, from being put in foster care at age 13 to exacting revenge on an unfaithful ex by, um, defecating in his Air Jordans.

LITTLE GIRL LOST

Drew Barrymore was 14 when she cowrote her first memoir, about how she was drinking alcohol by age 9 and doing hard drugs by age 12. “In 2015, she released a follow-up memoir, Wildflower, recounting the experiences that led her to a happier, healthier place.