If ever a story and its author were worthy of the accolades it has received, it’s the memoir Strip by Hannah Sward. I have read dozens of memoirs, even written my own, based on early childhood abuse and its lifelong effects on the child, but...

Stalked by Demons, Guarded by Angels: The Girl with the Eating Disorder by Simone Yemm is an account of the author's struggle with bulimia. Right from birth, Simone's mother laments her body size. The words she uses to describe her newly born baby will haunt...

Scars of Gold by Sharon Stoliar is a powerful and eye-opening look at one woman's life-changing medical trauma at the hands of those she trusted most with her health. Hospital malpractice and neglect aren't unheard of, but Sharon's shocking account shows how quickly and easily...

Starfish Sky is a work of non-fiction in the memoir subgenre that deals with traumatic brain injury and a motivational new perspective on life. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Timothy Slykhuis. A Canadian cycling enthusiast, Timothy is...

Saved By Hope by Jenny Lowe is a gripping memoir about one woman’s painful path to motherhood. Born and raised in Utah, Jenny Lowe got married at the age of nineteen. The marriage ended in divorce, and at thirty years old, she married again. Emotionally...

This book is hard to read as it details the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps. It is difficult in modern society to comprehend the absolute inhumanity committed by the Nazis on the Jews, Poles, Roma, Russians, etc. However, Sabine’s Odyssey by Agnes Schipper should...

Deborah Morley had a great affinity with Jesus since she was a child. She accepted him from the first time she saw him, during an inspirational experience. She also saw him in dreams and visions. As the years passed, her visions acquired more meaning. Deborah...

“Every crime has a solution. Sometimes the answers are obvious, but other times, layers of deceit cover up the truth,” opines Eve Carson at the inception of Simple, Safe and Secret: The 1981 Murder of Joan L. Webster. Thanksgiving had passed, and the holiday...

Seven Parents, Daughter to None: A Memoir by Melanie Hope Lang is a painful but transformational story about how a girl becomes broken from years of secrets, abuse, and neglect. But the years of things she didn’t learn or understand because of neglect have been...

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...