When Amber Black was six years old, she heard the story of Cain and Abel. The story moved her so deeply that she has sought to maintain a close relationship with God ever since. After going through various life experiences, she has come to understand...

In Rivers and Forests, Wayne Westphal Barrow’s anthology of original essays leans into Caribbean life. Barrow's memories become a way for him to show wider social attitudes through familiar situations. Getting Older and the Benefits of Gardening follows a retired Barbadian man who slowly withdraws...

Raised on Black and White TV by Carol Denise Mitchell is a reflective narrative that explores how early television shaped identity, culture, and perception through the eyes of a Black woman growing up in mid-20th-century America. The book opens with a nostalgic prologue that frames...

In her memoir Reliance Road, Kate Winn describes growing up on a dairy farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, where daily life revolves around livestock, crops, school, and the constant work required to keep the farm operating. Her mother, Margaret Rasmussen Winn, a trained chemist who later...

Michal Mendelsohn’s Rabbi, Your Cleavage Is Showing is a memoir that traces an extraordinary and unconventional path from a turbulent childhood to a historic role in North American Jewish life. Mendelsohn introduces herself as a young girl growing up in Manhattan, shaped by isolation, family...

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...

Rise: Living Life Over Cancer is an essential memoir in which Betty Jean Aucoin, M.Ed., shares her experiences, lessons she learned along the way, her approach to living with stage IV breast cancer, and changes that helped her to move forward and live an abundant life....

Riding the White Bull: The Making of a Navy SEAL by Jack Ratliff is a memoir shaped by experience and reflection, told in an unadorned voice that carries readers from college life in 1950s Texas through formative encounters that set the stage for military service....

In Running Into Me: A Memoir of Resilience, Elisemarie DiCarlo traces a journey marked by personal loss, medical diagnoses without cures, and battles with addiction. She confronts the irreversible nature of certain wrongs, experiences the theft of her inheritance, and endures the removal of her...

Rosemary, Now and Then by Christina Larson is a moving and honest memoir about caring for a mother with dementia. The narrative follows Rosemary, a lively and creative woman, as she faces the challenges of multiple strokes and memory loss. Her daughter, Chris, a retired...