Scaling the Standing of The Diary of a Cricketer’s Wife: An Unusual Memoir in the Canon of Memoir Writing

Abstract

This paper aims to explore The Diary of a Cricketer’s Wife: An Unusual Memoir by Puja Pujara, not just as a personal story but as a significant contribution to the memoir genre. It looks closely at the book’s narrative style, thematic richness, and cultural relevance, particularly through the lens of gender and emotional labour. By comparing it with established memoirs, the paper reflects on how this unique account fits into, and potentially expands, the literary canon of “self-life writing”.