Daniel J. Basta’s Searching for Ghosts in the South Pacific is a breathtaking chronicle of exploration, friendship, and history, told through the author’s experiences diving among World War II shipwrecks scattered across the Pacific. Between 1991 and 1999, Basta and his close companions embarked on...

After the death of his mother, Michael LaFleur makes a shocking and perhaps accidental discovery about her, shattering a family history he had believed for decades. While sorting through his mother’s belongings, he finds a letter that reveals how his mother had willingly relinquished custody...

Love Wars: Clash of the Parents, A True Divorce Story – Memoir by Matthew A. Tower is a humorous yet heartbreaking look at the effect of divorce on children. Matthew loved both his parents, but the constant wars between them were dragging him down. In...

William Noguera had been in prison for twenty-five years on death row for killing his girlfriend’s mother, who had forced her to abort their child. In prison, he gets a job to take care of the elderly inmates, where he interacts with various serial killers...

In Mother’s Ruin: A Mother’s Addiction and Her Daughter’s Survival, Belle Mills talks about her upbringing with her mother, Moya, whose alcoholism, inconsistent rules, and shifting moods shaped Mills’s life. She shares episodes of punishment, anxiety, and detachment, alongside moments of affection and routine. Mills...

Joan Brooks Baker’s In the Swampyland is a collection of personal stories tracing her moments of discovery across childhood and adulthood. In The Burrito, eleven-year-old Joan defies her father’s warning and ventures to buy food from a nearby bodega, where a frightening encounter with local...

Matthew Check’s memoir, What Would Philip Roth Do?, is an exploration of music, identity, love, and self-discovery. Framed by a fictional conversation with novelist Philip Roth, the book combines humor, cultural insight, and personal stories into an engaging tale. The Roth figure acts as a...

Dear Orchid by Carol Van Den Hende is a collection of epistolary short stories that recount personal experiences, encounters, and fictional extensions of her Goodbye, Orchid series. In My Wild, Wild Twin, she remembers her childhood best friend in a Maryland housing complex, recalling their...

Ghost Child: Uncovering Family Secrets from a Back Porch to the Yucatan by Deborah Jennings is a unique, touching, and gripping memoir. Raised in a modest yet comfortable small apartment in a wealthy area by hardworking parents, Deborah often wondered about her parents' lives, how they met, or...

Charlie Gargiulo’s Legends of Little Canada: Aunt Rose, Harvey’s Bookland, and My Captain Jack is a memoir rooted in the experience of growing up in Lowell, Massachusetts, during a time of upheaval and transformation. The book captures the author’s personal journey and the broader story...