Starting in the year of 1989 I grew up in the rural town of Stratham in a classic house near a farm. Every morning my sister and I would wake up to the sounds of cows and chickens. By the time I was eight I was regularly volunteering to help our neighbor in collecting eggs.

Determine which genre the above passage would fit into

The above passage fits into the genre of memoir or personal narrative, as it recounts the author's personal experiences and memories of growing up in a rural town.