The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story (Holocaust Survivor True Stories WWII) by Nechama Birnbaum is an addition to the series. Redheads are cursed, isn’t that what they say? Certainly, Rosie was always told that but she brushed it aside. She dreamed of getting...

“This is my true life story. There is no fiction in the story, although at times, it felt like I was trapped in a movie,” declares Joseph Occhipinti in his memoir Framed! I Never Stood A Chance. Occhipinti longed to become a police officer in...

We don't always know why someone commits suicide, but it always leaves friends and family reeling from shock and many unanswered questions. But even more, they must deal with the stigma of mental illness and suicide. Marci Glidden Savage experienced the loss of a husband...

On the internet, the definition of a fairy tale is a “fabricated story, especially one intended to deceive” and that it is “marked by seemingly unreal beauty, perfection, luck, or happiness.” The message is clear! Somehow, most still refer to finding true love as discovering...

Suzanne Jones was six years old when Tropical Storm Agnes swept up the east coast and morphed into an extratropical cyclone, dropping nineteen inches of rain on the Susquehanna River Valley in Northern Pennsylvania in less than a day. Rivers and streams overflowed their banks...

The Juror Rejudges the Trial: The Juror and the General 35 Years Later is the new edition of the book that M. Patricia Roth published a few decades ago. She was a jury member in the Westmoreland vs. CBS trial, which lasted 18 weeks and...

Domestic violence is a touchy subject for many and not a topic people will readily discuss. Love, Bruises and Bullsh!t: 20 True Stories of Survival is an anthology of stories concerning domestic violence compiled by Yasmin Walter and Sheree Schonian. There are individual stories from...

A Spider's Web: Diary of a Senior Online Love Scam by Bessie Larson is a painful, yet engaging tale based on a true story, a tale that brilliantly documents the author’s experience of a love scam. She set out to find love, investing time, emotions,...

Lyme disease brought a once vibrant Michelle Slater to the point of considering assisted suicide. Lyme disease is a crippling autoimmune disorder. It causes chronic fatigue, arm and leg pain, headaches, brain fog, etc. Her last ray of hope was an article on the internet...

In Fractured: A Memoir by Jenny Brooks, Jenny struggled with loneliness during her childhood and hungered to be embraced and connected to somebody. She was so much younger than her classmates and did not have friends. Jenny was only 11 years old when her grandmother...