Cape Con tells the true story of Aster Amelia, a daughter who decided to come home and care for her father, ending 20 years of estrangement. Aster was known as the daughter who abandoned her mother while she was dying, when it was actually orchestrated...

Teri Davis shares her own detailed journey in Caught in the (Balancing) Act, offering a close look at what it’s like to navigate the unpredictable realities of an autoimmune illness and permanent nerve damage. The author walks us through her transition from being completely self-sufficient...

Chasing Balloons in the Wind by Catherine Miller Hahn is a memoir that reads like a classic soap opera at times. The second of the author’s planned three-book memoir series, this iteration focuses on Catherine’s latter teenage years and her early adulthood. We follow Catherine’s...

Code Silence: Surviving Casa by the Sea by Allie Burton is an autobiography that reflects on the consequences of her early misadventures, which included spending time with her friends, rebelling, and running away. As a result, Allie’s parents sent her to a reform school in...

Cracks of Destruction: A Daughter's Search for Home is a work in the autobiography, family issues, and emotional memoir subgenres. It is best suited to mature adult readers owing to themes of domestic violence, death, abandonment, and trauma. Penned by Sherrie Lancaster, this harrowing and...

Debbie Seagle surrendered her marriage to a spouse whose idea of an amicable separation left her holding the short end of the stick. Despite the repertoire of truly horrific ideas she was capable of conjuring up in her mind, she surprisingly opted for writing Coffee...

Cong Catchers: A Soldier's Memories of Vietnam is a memoir by Lee Halverson, a former U.S. Army infantryman who served in the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1970. The book provides a personal account of Halverson's experiences during his almost year-long tour of duty in...

Following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, 17-year-old Ronald Schulz chose to leave home, establish a commune in Chicago, and join the Yippee revolution. Thus began his road trip, in which he encountered a variety of characters, including a sexually unsatisfied deacon, homosexual guys who gave...

If you have studied at almost any university, Dave Rotell’s memoir, College in the 80s: One Syracuse Story – which encompasses the typical characteristics of drinking, partying, drugs, financial distress, and making lifelong friends – is likely to sound quite familiar and relatable. However, the...

A Kentucky lawyer talks about his life in Coal Mine to Courtroom: A Quadriplegic's Memoir of Relentless Faith, Courage, and Eternal Success by W. Ron Adams. Co-written with Fred Anderson, this memoir describes Adams’ early years from growing up as a basketball hero to working...