Hold Back the Rain is Michelle Vignault's memoir of how she got through the hardest years of her life from 2014 to 2017. Her husband Tracy, then 45, started showing signs of detachment. Her reality then became what she had to face during her husband’s...

Custody: Blood is Thicker than Water by Danial Kenneth Mason is inspired by Mason’s true story of fighting for custody of his only son. Set in the 1960s, the book chronicles Mason’s emotional and legal battle against a biased legal system that favored mothers in...

Ghost by Lea Tonin is one of the most unusual memoirs I have ever read…and I have read a lot of memoirs! When Lea is 14, going on 15, she can no longer withstand the constant brutality of her Japanese stepfather. Any infractions or challenges...

In Survivor Times Two: A Poetic Memoir of Suicide and Divorce, Devi Nina Bingham talks about grief and her own experiences. Being a single parent for a long time, her daughter was also her best friend, which made the trauma worse when her teenage daughter...

Virginia Heslinga's memoir, Grace Interlaced, explores loss, grief, and healing through faith from personal trauma. Twelve-year-old Virginia combines the role of babysitter and big sister to Mark, Daniel, and Andrew “Andy.” But when a devastating house fire claims Andrew’s life, Virginia can’t forgive herself, and...

Too Much by Cindy Lee Neighbors is a powerful memoir that delves into the unraveling of a brilliant physician's life as she becomes consumed by her obsession with revenge. Dr. Neighbors’ relentless pursuit of justice leads her into a downward spiral of addiction and paranoia,...

Welcome to Katie's Brain: A Brain Cancer Survivor's Story by Katie Kaiser Smith chronicles the author’s journey after being diagnosed with inoperable, terminal brain cancer at 41. Through a daily diary that began as a way to update friends and family, Katie documents her four-year...

Allegro to Life is a collection of reflective poems by Earl Vincent de Berge. They explore themes of nature, human experiences, social struggles, and resilience. The poems are divided into three parts: Songs from My Life, Poems From Guatemala, and Desert Songs. The first part...

Human Verses by Katya Zinn is a thought-provoking compilation of free verse poetry. Zinn's poems explore a range of human experiences and emotions like grief and hope. Every poem in this collection is written in the first-person perspective, as the work is partly autobiographical. This...

Evergreen Uprooted by Nadira “N.A.Z.” Pankey is a memoir that explores the life of a young girl growing up in a tough neighborhood in the Bronx, New York, during the 1980s. The story is told through the eyes of the narrator, who is known as...