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Cameron Crowe wrote his new memoir, The Uncool , as a tribute to his sister Cathy, the writer-director tells PEOPLE

“I really felt like I was in conversation with her again,” Crowe says of his sibling, who died by suicide when she was 19

The author pays homage to various professional and personal heroes in the book, out Oct. 28

In his new (and long-awaited) memoir The Uncool , Cameron Crowe finally tells his own story, sharing the riotous ride of his career as a teen Rolling Stone reporter before he became the Oscar-winning director of cult classics like Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire .

“[I wanted to] introduce people to friends that really helped me, and were vivid characters that otherwise would be swept away in the natural mists of time,” Crowe, 68,

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