Waking Mathilda by Claire Crisp recounts the chain of events from 2009 when she took their youngest two-year-old daughter to the National Health Service in England to be innoculated against swine flu. It was not long after that Mathilda’s whole persona changed from a lively...

In Welcome to Confusion, Barbara M. Russo asks us to question what we believe, what we have been taught, for only in disorientation and questioning will we find A Surprising Doorway to God. Russo begins this succinct and well-written little book with a chapter on...

Widowed: Moving Through the Pain of Widowhood to Find Meaning and Purpose in Your Life Again by Joann Filomena is a short book, and I expected to finish reading it in just a few hours. Instead, I found myself needing a day to digest each...

Weedmonkey by Lisa V. Proulx is a moving memoir which tells the story of how a little girl called Virgie was brought into the world amidst the remnants of what was the old south, amongst wealth, judgement, poverty, and injustice. Virgie’s mother is considered a...

Washed Away: From Darkness to Light, a memoir written by Nikki Dubose with James Johanson, is a series of dark memories of her dysfunctional family life, and the misery caused by addictions and abuse. Nikki Dubose recounts the tragic story of her life, dealing with...

Words in Rows: Poetry and Prose is a non-fiction memoir written by Cathy Callen. Callen, a retired educator, has written a history of her family covering two centuries, starting with her family's roots in Switzerland, as well as published scholarly articles in Indiana State Historical...

As a black man, Paul Thornton had broken barriers and disproved some stereotypes of the time to attain a life many did not think possible for someone like him. In his book titled White Man's Disease, Paul narrates his amazing life journey, from his earliest...

Worth Holding On To by Anthony Maranise is a beautiful memoir that speaks about the author's meeting with Cyrena, the role of God in his meeting with her, and how it made him understand God. Antony met Cyrena through a friend and they spent many...

Eva Maze’s book, With Ballet in My Soul: Adventures of a Globetrotting Impresario, is an unforgettable memoir. Ms. Maze’s childhood home was in Bucharest, Romania. As a little girl, her dream was to become a ballerina. However, this dream was ended by her parents after...

What My Brain Told Me by Thom Kudla was an interesting read. The book is made up of a collection of short stories and poetry. All of the stories are about the author’s life growing up. The stories relate Kudla’s complex thoughts with humor and...