In Pursuit of 'Normal'

By Martha Siede

Martha Siede shares her journey through the challenges and triumphs following a coma in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Pursuit of ‘Normal’ is a recount of her struggle to recover physically and emotionally following routine hip surgery, highlighting vivid moments from hallucinations to regaining...

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It's All In The Lyrics

My Journey To Becoming A Home Studio Musician
By Tony Kessel

It's All In The Lyrics: How Music Helped Me Heal and Find My Voice by Tony Kessel is a memoir that chronicles Kessel's transformative journey through music, beginning with a Garth Brooks concert. The experience ignites a year-long project where he creates a song-a-day playlist,...

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I'll Be There

Vignettes of an Intrepid Traveller
By Caroline Bella Kennedy

Caroline Bella Kennedy’s I'll Be There: Vignettes of an Intrepid Traveller is a fascinating journey through the eyes of a fearless woman who has traversed some of the world's most treacherous terrains and rubbed shoulders with the most iconic figures of the 20th century. Her...

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I'm Sorry I Cremated You

Finding the Funny in Life and Loss
By Jaclyn Michelle Smith

In I'm Sorry I Cremated You, Jaclyn Michelle Smith details hard truths with amusing observations while describing the sad events around her father's mental decline until his death. Using the tips she learned in improv class, Smith unfolds her chapters, drawing parallels from her time...

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Interrupting Violence

One Man's Journey to Heal the Streets and Redeem Himself
By Cobe Williams, Josh Gryniewicz, Alex Kotlowitz

In Interrupting Violence, Cobe Williams and Josh Gryniewicz narrate Cobe's journey of transitioning from a path of chaos to advocating for safety and peace. The memoir depicts Cobe's questionable acts and his wrongful imprisonment before he finally turned his life around and became a community...

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Into Dark Corridors

A Tale of Hands, Heart, and Home
By Constance Hood

Into Dark Corridors by Constance Hood is a memoir beginning in 1986, when Hood embarked on a project to restore a historic house from around 1910. Facing serious financial constraints and logistical hurdles, she and her husband, Don, negotiated to relocate the house against threats...

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I Was a Hero Once

By Peter P. Mahoney

I Was a Hero Once by Peter P. Mahoney is a moving memoir that chronicles the extraordinary life of an ordinary man thrust into tumultuous and transformative circumstances. Mahoney's journey begins in 1968 when he leaves behind his suburban life to enlist in the army,...

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It's What Makes Me . . . Me

A Retired Attorney's Relationship with Life and Times
By Mark Shaiken

Mark Shaiken's autobiography It's What Makes Me . . . Me spans various facets of his life and career, discussing personal and professional experiences and issues, from maneuvering through individuality and societal expectations to juggling a dual career as an indie author and attorney. Shaiken...

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Invitations

Fiction and Poetry From A Life of Writing
By Bruce Ballard

Life never dishes out what we expect. Indeed, life can be brutally unfair. But we’ve been told that we’ll only get what we can handle. Bruce Ballard’s Invitations takes a look at his life as a writer with Parkinson’s disease. He was a young man...

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In the Face of Catastrophe

How a Traumatic Brain Injury Became a Blessing
By Jennifer Rose Goldman, Caryn Meg Hirshleifer

Jenn experienced severe intracranial hemorrhage three days before her 31st birthday. Concerned family members rushed her to the North Shore University Hospital, where they kept vigil for any sign of good news regarding the young woman. Jenn survived the arduous and protracted experience, punctuated by...

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