life history

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Types of film, play, book etc.
action thriller
adaptation
Afrofuturism
allegorical
anime
bodice-ripper
boy-meets-girl
director's cut
noir
non-documentary
non-literary
one-shot
paean
parody
period piece
potboiler
sequel
stream of consciousness
tragicomedy
weepy

Examples of life story

life story
They always tell you their lifestory just when time comes and you have to rush to your next appointment.
Through this process, individuals can reframe their lifestory in order to accept the good and bad as all part of life.
Recent reviews of studies of the use of the lifestory as a care intervention have focused on the behaviour outcomes.
Her telling of her lifestory focuses on her parents, who supported her in raising her daughter, and on work.
Unresolved conflicts must be reintegrated into the lifestory to provide a more meaningful picture of life, and effect a reorganization of personality.
One may expect this type of technique to be a pleasurable experience for participants who are basically satisfied with their lifestory.
At the same time, she wanted to tell me their lifestory.
She indicates her own lifestory in relation to boarding schools in two ways in the performances.
His lifestory is well documented, not least by the magician himself.
One exceptional lifestory began by jumping to the future.
Creating a lifestory : the task of reconciliation.
Our overall conclusion is that qualitative analyses of the use of the lifestory in daily care have been discontinued too hastily and prematurely.
In one narrative the crossover occurred right at the beginning of the lifestory, which continued with talk only about the future.
Her lifestory recounts constantly being rebuked and treated poorly by others.
I agree that a person may ' 'reconstruct' ' his own lifestory by omitting what he regards as unnecessary, or uninteresting, or even embarrassing, details.
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