In John Wesley Wilson’s Straight to Hell: Memoir of an Ex-Evangelical Pastor, Wilson grows up in rural Alabama inside a world shaped by Pentecostal religion, family violence, poverty, and fear of divine punishment. After becoming a pastor, husband, and father, he spends years trying to...

In Selina Co’s explosive memoir, I’m a Romance Scam IT Detective, Selina, an IT consultant in Australia, begins a steady online exchange with Frederick Chong, who claims to be a civil engineer working from New York. She quickly fixes their future around a meeting overseas,...

In his memoir Poking Fun at My Pusillanimity: A Queer Southern Becoming, Kenneth Cupp describes living with his mother and step-father in MawMaw Elsie’s house after leaving a crowded trailer, sharing space in closely monitored and conservative routines. At school, he's repeatedly bullied by Rob,...

The Jezebel Tracks by Gardner Landry is a tale of dysfunction, narcissism, addiction, and psychopaths. This may seem to be an unlikely vehicle for humor, but Gardner Landry carries it off with precision and style, while painting a bleak picture of his dysfunctional family. The...

Lorrie Parise's 25902: Homemade with Love is a long look back at a house that meant everything to a family. Lorrie starts at the point where she has to leave, and from there she rewinds into how her parents, Alice and Fidel, made it happen...

Salvaged From the Flood by Brian Paige is a collection of personal stories that journey through his childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, offering snapshots of a life shaped by memory, ambition, and unexpected twists. The book starts with his reflections on growing up in Louisville, where...

Like Father, Like Son? by Alix Lee is the true story of what happened to a son who refused to conform to his father’s ideas. In the 1970s, racism and homophobia were rife, and children had no rights. Raised by a strict, authoritarian father, it...

A Notable Woman is the spellbinding story of the Shunammite woman, Marta, from the biblical passage, 2 Kings 4:8. Don Anderson tells the story of a powerful yet graceful woman who treats everyone with respect. She is adored by her servants and everyone she meets,...

Climb the Mountain by David R. Beshears is a memoir that recounts a father’s determination to help his son recover after a life-changing medical crisis. Much of the book unfolds through emails as the family navigates the long, uncertain process of rehabilitation. David, once active...

In her memoir Reliance Road, Kate Winn describes growing up on a dairy farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, where daily life revolves around livestock, crops, school, and the constant work required to keep the farm operating. Her mother, Margaret Rasmussen Winn, a trained chemist who later...