The effect of a region in forming and shaping one’s identity，and the nostalgia and melancholy that a particular hometown has imprinted in an author’s memory，together influnce the author when writing his or her autobiography. This affects their conscious description of people and life，as well as culture and history of his or her hometown. The memory of a place and the nostalgia of author always connects to each other and affects each other，which leaves a clear mark in the author’s autobiography. By the interpreting Abdu Al-Rahman Munif’s autobiographical work Story of a City：A Childhood in Amman，this paper seeks to analyze the effect of the place on an author’s identity，and the reflection of his nostalgia in this work.