In Turned Around, Valeri McCarthy opens up about what it takes to outlive a volatile childhood and finally take back the reins of your own life. Looking back at her early years in southern Indiana, she describes the exhaustion of living with an unpredictable father,...

In Finding My Place in the Dance, John Howland Jr. recounts a life spent searching for a place where he feels at home. Raised in rural Vermont, he yearns to see the world, although a hearing impairment that remains undiagnosed until he is sixteen makes...

Somewhere West of the Last Porch Light by Billy Scrape chronicles his family’s nomadic journey across the United States. Traveling inside a short bus, the author recalls the real, everyday headaches of road trips blended with intense reflections on his early adulthood. The chapters show...

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...

Unwilling to Love is Ted Edwards’ deeply intimate look into his own life journey as he walks readers through his past relationships. We watch his emotional growth unfold, starting with simple childhood memories on Cedar Street and moving right into his adult life in busy...

If you’re looking for a gripping read, K.A.R.M.A.: Klansmen Are Ruining My America And What We Can Do About It tracks Mary Lemanski’s sharp transition from an Illinois political digital strategist into a direct target for white supremacist groups. She initially used her marketing background...

Voices Within: Life Before and After by Lana Stasek tells a deeply personal story of survival, mapping out the inner lines that can divide a person’s life into two distinct halves. Stasek walks us through her past by exploring complicated family relationships and major historical...

Martin Terrell’s memoir, You’re Only Innocent Once And Once Is Not Enough, is a moving account of a man navigating the courts and using the classroom to leave prison behind. When a long sentence for a burglary conviction came down despite his innocence, he decided...

Howard L. Dalton’s Four-Footed Sergeant is a beautiful account of a Marine armored unit officer and his fiercely loyal dog, Injector, who served beside him in the intense Pacific theater of World War II. Coming from a Texas farm background and holding a dairy science...

John Garis’s The World According To JG is a memoir assembled from short pieces that began online as a way for the author to put his thoughts into words. He starts with childhood memories, then follows himself into adulthood as work repeatedly sends him in...