Michael Cooper’s memoir Miscalculated Risks is a collection of survival stories pulled from forty years of trekking through the North American wilderness. This isn't some slow-burning narrative; it’s a series of high-stakes moments when things went completely wrong during backpacking, climbing, and rafting trips. Cooper...

In This Kindness Prepares Another, Keith Thorn isn't interested in giving us a polished, ego-driven victory lap. Instead, the book feels like a quiet, almost startlingly honest dismantling of the person he used to be. Thorn deconstructs the defensive walls he spent decades building, looking...

Like Father, Like Son? by Alix Lee is the true story of what happened to a son who refused to conform to his father’s ideas. In the 1970s, racism and homophobia were rife, and children had no rights. Raised by a strict, authoritarian father, it...

I Can’t Do This! I Can by Marian M.H. Rutt is one of the most powerful and deeply moving memoirs I have read. Marian and her husband Phil were living a wonderful, successful life. When Marian became pregnant, they were delighted and prepared for the...

Climb the Mountain by David R. Beshears is a memoir that recounts a father’s determination to help his son recover after a life-changing medical crisis. Much of the book unfolds through emails as the family navigates the long, uncertain process of rehabilitation. David, once active...

Too Smart to be an Umpire by Jack Oujo chronicles the author’s journey from a baseball-loving kid in New Jersey to a professional umpire working his way through the minor leagues, and eventually to a complete career reinvention in the business world. The book begins...

Fifteenth Summer by Laura Campbell follows her fifteen-year-old self, who is sent to the Norris Home after her mom finds out she is pregnant. It all happens really fast, and she’s nervous, embarrassed, and unsure of what's ahead. The Home is all about routines—chores, meals,...

In No Regrets: The Freedom Beyond What Can’t Be Changed, Keith Thorn traces how he spent years chasing achievement, and the journey to finally turning toward the memories he had spent much of his life trying to outrun. As regret surfaces in middle age, Thorn...

Meredith Rutter Marple's I Live You For Ever is a memoir that documents her husband Gary’s descent into dementia and her role as a caregiver. The memoir captures her experiences, thoughts, and reflections, starting on May 14, 2010. She notices the mild slips, like memory...

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...