The Wilds of Cancer: A Life-Affirming Journey by Rick Lamplugh takes readers on a journey through Rick’s struggle with and recovery from prostate cancer. Rick begins by describing the circumstances leading up to his diagnosis while on a hike with his wife, Mary, and a...

Meredith Rutter Marple's I Live You For Ever is a memoir that documents her husband Gary’s descent into dementia and her role as a caregiver. The memoir captures her experiences, thoughts, and reflections, starting on May 14, 2010. She notices the mild slips, like memory...

In We Walk Alone, Bob Kern recounts how Alzheimer’s disease gradually reshaped everyday life with his wife, Marsha. After medical testing confirms the diagnosis, Kern is faced with a condition that destroys stored memories and alters behavior in ways neither of them expected. Marsha begins...

Book of the Silenced by Gordana Smith tells the story of a mother, her son Mikey, and a long struggle that unfolds across continents and hospitals, spanning years of uncertainty. The narrative begins with the author’s early life in war-torn Bosnia. As the war reshapes...

In her memoir Keep the Flowers: Tell the Healing You're Coming Home, Ellie Williams describes being nine years old when menstruation begins, with severe pelvic pain. Yet every medical appointment ends the same way, as doctors review normal test results and send her home without...

Kristen Peters’ The Modalities of ISA discusses the ISA, or the Integrated Spectrum Analysis Therapy, for neurodivergent individuals, such as those who have autism. The therapy has two main goals. Connection Over Correction emphasizes building a strong, trusting friendship first, rather than just trying to...

A Couple Notes, Actually: Your Favorite Friends with Autistic Kids asked Me to tell You This by Chenae Goodson gives realistic and essential advice to teachers, doctors, family, and friends who interact with families raising autistic children. Goodson writes this book from conversations where parents...

Three Letters by A.L. Mengel is a deeply personal memoir chronicling the author's journey with Phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic metabolic disorder. The book opens with Mengel's early years, detailing the challenges his family faced after his diagnosis as one of the first PKU babies...

Open Water by Alex Dean is a brutally honest memoir of a young man trapped in a mind and body that would not do what he wanted. The author describes his journey through mental and medical misdiagnoses, bullying, and periods of severe depression and uncertainty....

Reflections on Being a Physician by Robert G. Hooper, M.D, is aptly named, for that is exactly what this book is – a thoughtful reflection based on one man’s many years of experience in the medical field. It’s broken down into three distinct sections. Each...