Fascinating and horrifying historical information, within the context of a memoir by Jack Doherty, abounds in his work, Abandoned by the Vatican: My Clandestine Journey to Support Secret Priests Behind the Iron Curtain. From the first page through the last, the author presents an intriguing,...

“I promised myself that if I ever got through this, I’d write a book for people who, like me, went searching for answers and couldn’t find them.” Acceptance Is Not Surrender: A Little Girl, an Old Man and One Man’s Story of Hope by William...

Am I Going To Be Okay? Weathering the Storms Of Mental Illness, Addiction and Grief by Debra Whittam is an uplifting and thought-provoking story about how children can be affected by growing up in dysfunctional families; how addiction and mental illnesses affect kids during their...

Affairytale: A Memoir by C.J. English is a raw and real story of a woman who was living an unsatisfactory married life with a husband she didn’t love. When she got pregnant with her daughter, Dani, C.J. knew that she had to marry Levi for...

To say that A Woman Of Vision: A True Story of Courage, Determination, and Vivid Blindness by Joanna Rivera Stark is anything less than an experience worth treasuring would be the understatement of the century. Having lived a life of over ninety years, Betty knew...

As someone who runs memoir writing workshops, I've always maintained that a memoir, just like fiction, needs dialogue to reveal character, move the story along quickly and sustain reader interest. In Alabama Blue, Toni K. Pacini has shown that isn’t always true. Hence, I’m still...

A Miracle in the Making: A Journey of Faith, Hope & Love is a non-fiction inspirational memoir written by Patricia Batoba Jones. The author had been diagnosed with Lupus when she was a child. It was a painful and debilitating disease, and one doctor didn't...

And Then There Were Three: Sixty-Seven Letters to Sasha by Julia G. Fox is a fascinating book. My fascination lies in both the author’s presentation of the material and her style. Rather than take the more traditional, novel-like approach to her memoir of three people...

A Camino of the Soul: Learning to Listen When the Universe Whispers is a non-fiction inspirational memoir written by Katharine Elliott. The author and her husband were successful hotel executives who seemed to have the perfect life. Their home overlooked the Puget Sound, they could...