In this “me too” era, it’s good to see victims of sexual abuse like Megan, the narrator of Finding the Face of Evil, coming out at last and sharing their stories. For too many like Megan, it’s taken decades, even a lifetime, to find the...

From Despair To Hope: Survival Guide For Bereaved Parents by Linda Zelik is the painful and heartrending story of a mother who lost her child. Linda gives advice on how to cope with emotions, different stages of grief, and how to take care so that...

The deepest faith springs from the most heart-searing hardships, as Sara Stamp, author of The Other F-Word: When Faith Fills the Gap, shows in her inspiring work on the choices that we make when the central joys of our life are undermined by the harshest...

Sooner Than Tomorrow by Dede Ranahan is the diary of a lifetime of inspiration, understanding, sadness, grief, and desperation as she experienced it in just a year’s time. What started out as the hope of inspiring other generations to leave some valuable wisdom behind for...

The description of What a Body Remembers by Karen Stephano states that it is “… an honest, from-the-gut account of one woman’s journey to regain her power and confidence.” That is incredibly accurate, but here’s what’s even more accurate: this memoir captures the lifelong PTSD...

Married to Merlot: A Memoir With a Message of Hope by Martha Louise is a heartrending memoir that chronicles the author's personal life, marred with grief and tragedy, a husband suffering from post-war stress, depression, and alcoholism. The author speaks about her life with her...

SK Berit’s The Little Book of Big Roolz is a short, humorous, and irreverent book destined to change radically many of your most deep-rooted ideas. Written in a smart, cheeky tone, this book is much more than entertaining reading. It is a practical handbook that...

She is no Kat Von D, but Kelly J. Mendenhall is inked to the bone. Skin in the Game: The Stories My Tattoos Tell is an autobiography that chronicles Mendenhall’s life from the stories behind her skin art. From her first tattoo to her battle...

Shattered Dreams and Broken Hearts: Fentanyl The Killer by Sylvia Abolis Mennear is the heartbreaking story of a young man named Aaron James and his endless struggle with addiction and his many attempts at detoxing until his eventual tragic and traumatic death. Mennear provides statistics...

Jumping the Curb: One Family's Journey through a Catastrophic Injury by Gail Desberg is the story of a tragedy that leaves the head of a family paralyzed and the agony the family has to deal with. Told with brutal honesty and in prose that is...