Before You Met Me by Agatha Sicil is a deeply personal and poignant exploration of trauma, family dynamics, and the journey toward healing. Through confessional poetry and prose, Agatha shares her tumultuous experiences, including her search for her missing brother, strained relationships with her father,...

Bedridden and Gutted to Mindful by Angela Grey is rooted in her Native American heritage. From the heart-wrenching tale of childhood foster care to the inherited strength from her grandmother and aunt, the author's journey is both unique and universally relatable. Her story is written...

Patrick McLaughlin’s memoir, Be Good, Stay Strong, Love, Dad, is a heartfelt, humorous, and unfiltered journey through fatherhood, seen through the eyes of a GenX dad. McLaughlin blends personal anecdotes, sharp reflections, and advice for his two sons. It serves as a survival guide for...

Alistair McGuinness’s Bring Me Sunshine is a delightful travel memoir chockful of adventure, exploration, and self-discovery against stunning Australian landscapes. McGuinness, originally from England, chronicles his journey from a working-class town to the sun-soaked shores and vast wilderness of Australia. The memoir unfolds in a...

In Build Resilience, Lucy Chen explores resilience through personal and historical lenses. At her daughter’s graduation, she feels her late father's absence and reflects on his WWII hardships and her mother Xiaoqin’s perseverance during the Cultural Revolution. Chen's own difficulties, including adapting to the US,...

In Bring Back Summertime, Jeanne Starr Gater narrates her trying experience of helping her husband heal from a terrible accident and trusting God to lead the way. After her husband, Dr. Julius Gater, was rushed to the emergency room, Jeanne learned that he had suffered...

Becoming Hungarian: A Memoir is penned by author Erika Reich Giles in the autobiography, culture, and historical genres. In this interesting work, the author recounts her journey of rediscovering her Hungarian roots after a lifetime of shying away from them. Raised in the U.S. after...

In By Way of Conshohocken: A Fictionalized Family Memoir by Cydney Iris Afriat Menihan, the author includes some interesting facts that are key factors in the fictional history of her family. She goes with her family to a musical that moves her grandfather, Bob, to...

As Jacqueline Lambert points out in Building the Beast, there is a fine line between admiration and condemnation for those leading the nomadic life. How many of us would even consider selling up, leaving home, and traveling the world in a van? There are countless...

Born in the early 1970s, five-year-old Bridey enjoyed a relatively peaceful life until she didn’t. Bridey’s mom told her the man she always knew as her father was not her parent. Her mom moved her from one city to another and changed schools more times...