The Wrong Kind of Son by Jeff Peace shares his experience with emotional and psychological abuse caused by his narcissistic father. Written with raw honesty, the memoir explores the complexities of growing up in a household marked by control, manipulation, and conditional love. Peace’s storytelling...

The Courtyard by Benjamin Parket and Alexa Morris is a remarkable memoir about what happened to a specific Jewish family during the Holocaust. In this memoir, Bernard recounts how, at first, while living in Paris, he and his Polish-immigrant family only heard rumors of what was happening to...

Three Times A Mourner: Personal Essays on Grief and Healing by Fredricka R. Maister is a memoir examining how loss shaped Maister's understanding of family, memory, and identity through the deaths of her father, boyfriend, and mother. In Fifty Years Without a Dad, she looks...

In her memoir The Hurricane Within: Beyond the Storm, Ashlee Leppert recounts her early life in Sterling Heights, Michigan, encompassing friendships, love, and loss. It is this loss that prompted her questions of faith, and to explore Christianity through conversations with a coworker. Leppert talks...

In Tattered Hearts and Hopeful Souls by Leanne Davidson, readers are invited into a woman’s deeply intimate story after her son’s devastating death. Structured as a 30-day devotional, the book explores topics such as loneliness, remorse, and renewal, along with Scripture, heartfelt prayers, and original...

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...

Loss, grief, and trauma are a part of life. It's up to us to learn how to navigate the various challenges that life throws our way. Dr. Shahrzad Jalali is a clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma and emotional resilience. In The Fire That Makes...

The Crumbling Shield of Defiance by Adan Rhoades is a memoir that chronicles the author’s journey through a tumultuous childhood, the scars of abuse, and the lifelong quest for healing and self-discovery. The narrative is raw and unflinching, offering readers an intimate look into the...

Although vices like drugs and alcohol may offer the illusion of freedom from the everyday rigors of life, the false promise of instant gratification ends up bringing a cycle of torment into a person's life that is difficult to escape. According to author Rodney V....

The Layoff Journey From Dismissal to Discovery by Steve Jaffe looks into the multifaceted experience of being laid off, which surprisingly often stems more from economic or organizational shifts rather than individual performance. Jaffe talks about the impersonal nature of termination processes and uses real...