I have seen so many so-called professionals over the years, all of whom claim to know the almighty cure to my Deafness, Depression, PTSD, and myriad more ailments that remain a mystery to me. Choose to Prevail: Unexpected Insights to Help You Overcome Challenges examines...

Roland S. Takaoka tells his personal story about trials and triumphs in his book, Roland's Story: Inspired by a Stroke. He subtitles the book A Memoir of Hope, Healing, and Transformation, which does the book justice. A series of strokes have cursed Roland, but...

Manage My Emotions: What I Wish I'd Learned in School about Anger, Fear, and Love by Kenneth Martz is a book on managing emotions and not letting them rule our lives. The book offers an insight into how our emotions can play with our lives...

Ask older attendees of a memoir writing workshop what the subject of their intended memoir will be, and 90% will reply that, encouraged by their families, their memoirs will be a recollection of the most memorable events, big or small, in their lives. Finding Joe...

The Places Left Unfilled, a memoir by M.C. Cauley is a refreshing change, both in how the memoir is written and in its almost surprising revelation of the details of a sexual relationship between a minor and a middle-aged adult. Let’s look at that second...

Letters From a Broken Man comprises fifteen messages before the denouement. The first “from” and the remainder “a letter to” and the recipients vary from God to “the Monster”. The letters are presented as poetry, rhyming mainly, but without the constraints of a traditional form....

Close Enough to Perfect: A true story of love, grief, resilience, and spirit is a work of non-fiction in the memoir and autobiographical sub-genres of writing and was penned by author Christine Noyes. As the title suggests, this very emotive work explores the tumultuous life...

I'm Still G.O.O.D. - Getting Over Obstacles Daily volume 2 by Bianca A. McCormick-Johnson is a self-help book that shows how our upbringing and our thoughts shape our lives as we grow older. This volume covers the stages of our life (infancy, adulthood, and more),...

They Call the Wind Maria is a historical collection of memoirs written by Allie Dodge. It was 2017, and the crew of the Espiritu Libre II had already weathered the ravages of Hurricane Irma less than a week prior. Allie and her husband, Chris, were...

Stepping Stones: A Memoir of Addiction, Loss, and Transformation by Marilea C. Rabasa is a compelling memoir with themes that are captured in the title. Meet Marilea, a woman born to a life of ease, growing up in a family that has a long history...