A slow stroll through the Italian countryside during harvest time is exactly what the reader will take while reading Umbrian Twilight by Giovanna Piccozzi. Meeting an air marshal, Mike, on her flight to her farm in Italy, the story of her ancestry, her tragedy, and...

Reflections of Mamie - A Story of Survival by Rosemary Mamie Adkins is the story of a little girl who didn't get the love she wanted from her mother. No, what she received were harsh, mean words and beatings that were executed in a way...

In her memoir Love For Our Afflictions, author Arianna Carruth explains how she has attempted to manage emotional pain following several miscarriages and the infidelity of her husband. The couple has one child but is having difficulty carrying another child to term. When they again...

No You Don't: Essays from an Unstrange Mind by Sparrow Rose Jones is a non-fiction book featuring several essays initially published on the author’s blog under the pen name Unstrange Mind. The essays are written from the author’s perspective on how she lives with Autism,...

Thea Mancini begins Keep Your Eyes Open with a quote from the Book of Isaiah and ends it with a quote from pop superstar Taylor Swift. The wide disparity of these literary bookends does indeed represent the broad scope of this harrowing memoir. However, while...

In Summoning the Mountains, Pilgrimage into Forty, author Amy Allen treats the reader to a trek along the Appalachian Trail. Taking the trail name of Willow, the author arranges for her ex-husband to care for her two sons while she undertakes a six-month hike from...

If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of the bright lights of Broadway, you really need to get your hands on Lloyd Burlingame's memoir. Set, Lights,& Lunacy is the fascinating tale of Lloyd's experience as a stage designer on Broadway. From the...

Battling to make women’s basketball what it has become today was not an easy journey and Pat McKinzie’s story, Home Sweet Hardwood: A Title IX Trailblazer Breaks Barriers Through Basketball, shows exactly how difficult it was. From early in life, Pat was more comfortable running,...

Charm: An Amazing Story of a Little Black Cat is a memoir and tribute to a special cat written and illustrated by Leyla Atke. When she first saw Charm, he was huddled in the middle of heavy traffic. During a brief lull in the traffic,...