As a victim of child sexual abuse at the hands of my biological father, I am drawn to memoirs like Never a Hero to Me by Tracy Black as a moth is drawn to a flame: reading a story like this hurts; it rekindles painful...

The Soul of My Son: A Grieving Father's Journey from Skeptic to Psychic Medium is a non-fiction self-help book on grief and bereavement written by Steven Joseph. Joseph and his wife, Karen, had their family planned carefully. Their first child would be walking and potty...

Uncle: The Dark Family Secret by Crickette Gill was an eye-opening account of what it is like living with someone who is a paranoid schizophrenic as well as an alcoholic. Crickette spent her childhood fearing that she might be the next target of her schizophrenic...

Some people call it ‘survivor’s guilt’, that violent sense of abandonment from reality, that robot-like functioning in a world that carries on, the survivor forever feeling guilty for having survived when all around him or her have died, have been sacrificed. The generation that followed...

J.P. Sexton's The Big Yank is a memoir about a family after immigrating from New York to Donegal in Ireland. The family life of John and his little brother, who doesn't get the beatings that John gets, is almost harrowing, to say the least, trying...

Cindy Keiger’s Crap Happens ... Wallowing Is Optional is filled with crap (the cow kind) and inspirational words. In this book, Keiger tells how she left a big city to move to a dairy farm. Keiger also talks about how her life has changed since...

More Truth, Lies and Propaganda: In Africa is a non-fiction memoir written by Lucinda E. Clarke. Clarke is a professional writer, textbook author and columnist. She has also scripted, directed and produced a number of videos when she ran her video production company and, at...

The Fabulously Fantastic Alfa Romeo: A Short Memoir by Sandra Staas is an interesting story. In it, Staas talks about her beloved car, an Alfa Romeo. She also tells about the adventures she experienced with it in different countries in the '80s. Before reading The...

Two Are Better: Midlife Newlyweds Bicycle Coast to Coast by Tim and Debbie Bishop is for all those who love adventure and biking. Tim and Debbie’s story is heartwarming and they take readers on a physical, emotional, and spiritual journey where readers are motivated to...

The Accidental Captain is a non-fiction memoir written by Glenn Patron. When Patron's father moved his young family out to Long Island, he had no idea of the impact living in Great Neck, which is surrounded on three sides by water, would have on his...