In Discovering a Hidden Thread in My Family Tree: A Personal Genealogical Discovery Involving Lucille Ball, Susan Lorraine Kadera takes you on a journey about the significance of family connections, even remote ones. While clicking through genealogical sites online, she discovers that she shares ancestors...

In Dance While the Fire Burns, Deborah Ann Lucas traces a life marked by repeated upheavals as her childhood moves give way to adult years shaped by almost every conceivable calamity, and the ongoing presence of horses and art as the only stable parts of...

Daffy by Andrea Moriarty is a collection of stories focused on motherhood, especially the experience of raising children on the autism spectrum. Instead of following a single, linear narrative, the book unfolds through a series of personal essays and shared reflections by a close-knit group...

In Daughter Unbound: Breaking the Chains of Generational Trauma, Heather Jefferson talks about her childhood in a family affected by unresolved trauma. She shares how her mother’s mental illness, addiction, and abuse affected her life, along with a father who was gentle but emotionally distant....

Drummer Girl by Sally Dukes is a memoir that moves from a crisis in early childhood through to an adulthood molded by travel, work, illness, and loss. Born prematurely after World War II, she undergoes heart surgery at a New York hospital and returns home...

Dark Agent: Global Service & Sacrifice by L.W. Kwakou Casselle is a memoir shaped by moving across continents, institutions, and pivotal moments. Casselle traces his life from early childhood, marked by political upheaval in Liberia, through adolescence in North Las Vegas, military school, higher education,...

Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays by Danielle Bainbridge is a collection of the author’s thoughts, poems, and experiences. Danielle is a Black woman with Jamaican roots, raised in the Bronx, and Yale-educated in the arts with a bipolar depression diagnosis. She takes pride in her...

Destination Silicon Valley: From Broom Shop to Supercomputer by Lin C. Wu is an inspiring memoir that recounts the extraordinary journey of a man who rose from modest beginnings to become a key figure in the tech industry. The book spans decades, beginning with Wu’s...

Dealing Addiction: How the Canadian Government Derailed Addiction Recovery by Karen James is an unflinchingly honest exploration of addiction, recovery, and the systemic failures surrounding treatment in Canada. Drawing from her own experiences as a child in an addicted household, a recovering addict, and a...

Dying to Live: Finding Life's Meaning Through Death by Andy Chaleff is a well-written book that shows how accepting death can influence the way we live. Chaleff shares some of the losses he experienced, starting from his childhood when he lost his pet, to the...