In Forward Only, David Watson recounts growing up in Texas with his grandparents, Grandma and Pawpaw, whose home gave him his first sense of belonging. Losing Pawpaw at twelve changes that home, and adolescence is marked by a habit of leaving whenever he cannot see...

In Confessions of a Closeted Clairvoyant, Kim S. Bantle recounts a life in which intuition arrives before explanation. Growing up in Larchmont, New York, in a large Catholic family, she learned early to keep some experiences private. College brings powerful dreams, followed by a career...

Sometimes being there for someone can change everything. In Brian Oberman’s memoir The Woman at the Sunshine Factory, he’s living a fairly ordinary life until he meets Viktoriia, a Ukrainian immigrant, on a dating app. Their first date at the Sunshine Factory leads to more...

Where the Air Grows Thin by Nicole LoBiondo chronicles the author’s mountaineering experiences in which she endeavors to climb the seven summits, the highest mountain on every continent, including some of the most widely known, such as Aconcagua in Argentina, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Denali...

Some of the strongest messages come from people who are honest about what it takes not only to keep going, but also to pause, heal, and begin again. Unstoppable shares the personal experiences of four Black women leaders: Marla Lewis, Karen S. Wells, Kelly Copes-Anderson,...

Teri Davis shares her own detailed journey in Caught in the (Balancing) Act, offering a close look at what it’s like to navigate the unpredictable realities of an autoimmune illness and permanent nerve damage. The author walks us through her transition from being completely self-sufficient...

In The “W” Word, Jo Horne recounts the final months of her forty-two-year marriage to Larry after doctors tell them his declining health has reached the point where hospice is approaching. Horne begins recording their remaining time together as she tries to comprehend the widowhood...

Mitch Fadem’s The Unassuming Spy: The Inside Story of a CIA Asset follows a toxicologist whose professional career leads to twenty years of covert work for the CIA. Recruited because his background gives him access to researchers, Fadem travels abroad under his own identity while...

In Improbable Possibilities, Linda E. Rawlings recounts a life directed by her instinct to act when an unlikely opening appears. Her departure from Connecticut for San Francisco in 1977 begins a pattern that eventually places her at Otis Spunkmeyer, where she becomes president as the...

Woman on the Run by Susan Carpenito Heard, with Jeanne Albanese, is a memoir about a mother learning how to keep living after her son David is diagnosed with neuroblastoma at eight. Heard enters his treatment determined to preserve the joyful world he loves, then...