First Date Stories: Women’s Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures by Jodi Klein is a non-fiction collection of experiences aimed at cementing solidarity and reinforcing sisterhood from within the ranks of the post-forty dating scene. All told, there are nearly a dozen moments that Klein puts...

Life experiences, challenges, and celebrations build lasting memories. These can be both positive and negative but it is your reaction to these events that is the most important. Throughout this collection of personal stories, we learn the power of holding a positive mindset through difficult...

Catharine LJ Parks shares ten stories with her readers in A Collection of Short Stories. These stories cover her life from the time she was a young child until the death of her mother. Catharine has a deep faith in the Lord Jesus Christ which...

Heirline Fractures is a poetic journal written by Brenda-Lee Ranta. After being sexually assaulted and abused throughout her childhood, Brenda-Lee expresses her darkest memories and how each act committed against her had fractured the innocence which once lay within. Each page is filled with a...

As I write this review in January 2021, we continue to experience the terrible circumstances brought to us by the pandemic, COVID-19. In spite of our individual differences, so many similarities are brought to light in the powerful anthology of memoir articles contained in...

Stories – we all have them. There are stories about family, friends, ancestors, acquaintances, interesting and unusual events in our lives. And these stories are what make us who we are. The generations before us spent time together sharing stories; that’s how we learned our...

Clipped Wings: Hear the Soaring Voices Set Free by Jennifer Gilmour is an anthology of non-fiction short stories that present authentic accounts of domestic abuse. Each story lends voice to a survivor who found themselves in relationships that carried the pain of all manner of...

Sparks! Ignite Your Way to Success is the first book in the Lessons from the Experts series, featuring writings from Sofia Santiago, Ph.D., Margarita Sarmiento, Chrystina Katz, and Charlotte Canion. This anthology offers professional advice that can help any reader add value to their personal...

What Remains: The Many Ways We Say Goodbye is a non-fiction anthology of the rites and rituals performed at funerals and memorials across the globe. The pieces are written in collaboration with several authors, compiled in a beautiful study of modern anthropology by editors Sandi...

As indicated in the title, Wise Tales From the Jewish World: The Essential Collection by Uri Kaplan is a book full of wise tales. In fact, there are 55 tales in the book, and it is the second in the Wise Tales book series. Wise...