In her memoir Rabbi, Your Cleavage Is Showing, Michal S. Mendelsohn details growing up in a New York City hotel apartment, where Jewish holidays are observed within a small household marked by family silence. Her mother, Charlotte, keeps Passover and Rosh Hashanah, but no other...

Denise Thompson-Slaughter’s memoir Since You Weren’t There & Other Memories charts her personal path through the social landscape of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. She recounts explicit moments such as her teenage uncles shooting rats from a Kenilworth dining-room window, buying Little Golden Books at...

Donna Hills Patrick and Raymond Hills’s The Town I Crow About is an honest window into the real history of East Millstone, New Jersey. It takes us through the memories of a man who lived there for over ninety years. The book relies on raw...

In Moon Weaver’s Autobiography of an Ordinary Polish Man, the author speaks about his childhood spent tending cows with a loving mother who tragically died of cancer when he was just nine. His memoir maps out a lifetime of trying to escape poverty by reading...

When Amber Black was six years old, she heard the story of Cain and Abel. The story moved her so deeply that she has sought to maintain a close relationship with God ever since. After going through various life experiences, she has come to understand...

Alan Shayne's And It Only Took 100 Years... is his memoir from a Brookline boyhood into a public life built through acting, casting, producing, and studio leadership. Shayne enters the theater as a young man looking for a future beyond family expectations, then learns how...

Vevian Delalamon Salahid’s passion for teaching special needs children took her from her home and family in the Philippines to America, where she began a new life. She shares her journey in The Heart of a Special Education Teacher: A Journey of Resilience, Inclusion, and...

Debra Maria Flint and Paul Murphy-Sanderson deserve credit for addressing a painful and long-neglected subject within Roman Catholicism in their book, The Sins of Mandatory Celibacy. Anyone who reads Murphy-Sanderson's testimony will sense that this was not an easy book to write. It gives voice...

Light Beneath Ashes by Boaz Anglade depicts the author's challenging childhood and how he grows to find meaning in his life amidst the chaos. Anglade lived with his mother and siblings in a dangerous neighborhood in Carrefour, Haiti, where gangs and political upheaval made life...

Dust in the Wind by Michael Triska is a heartfelt story that captures the essence of love, perseverance, and the human spirit. The book follows the life of Katherine, a woman whose journey is filled with extraordinary challenges; yet, her unwavering strength and passion are...