If She Let Go of My Hand by John D. Wattson weren’t about such a serious subject, and weren’t so full of pain, this memoir would make a great sitcom. But funny it isn’t, as there’s nothing funny about getting divorced after 33 years and...

Jane Goodall didn’t have the usual pedigree, the high levels of academic education, to qualify as an animal specialist, but she did have the ability to sit back and observe closely. Her work with chimpanzees in Gombe, Africa encouraged many people around the world to...

I really liked Swinging Bridge: An Anthology by Debra Shiveley Welch. In this memoir, Welch shares both good and bad memories about her life. She also includes some of her poetry and photos throughout the book. From the very beginning, Welch captured my attention with her...

Silent Voices by Debbie Nau Redmond takes readers into the world of mental illness. Debbie is a teenager, full of life and hope of what high school will bring. She is the youngest child of a very large family. The Nau family is devoted, caring,...

“On a bright Tuesday morning on June 21, 1966, many events affecting the United States were taking place around the world.” This understated Cold War context makes for a fascinating and revealing account by Charles Cranston Jett in his book Super Nuke! As a man,...

One of the hardest things for victims of sexual abuse and rape to do is to tell others about what happened. After the initial shock, most simply go silent, not knowing where to turn, who can be trusted, what help is available, and where and...

Saigon Tease: So, What Did You Do in Nam, Dad? by John Wood is a memoir about a soldier becoming a man during the Vietnam war. It starts out with setting the stage of the stories that are to follow by introducing us to a...

Jonathan Tindale spent a while living in New Zealand, housed in a dilapidated caravan located in the remote South Island countryside that New Zealanders call the wop-wops. Some considerable time later, long after his return to his native UK, he received a scrappy manuscript which,...