Staying Alive Is a Lot of Work: Me and My Cancer by Pat Camalliere offers an intimate and inspiring journey through the author's battle with tongue cancer. The memoir invites readers into her personal life, beginning with the shocking discovery of a lump that quickly...

Slaying the Dragon by Antonio Iozzo is an inspiring memoir about the author’s battle with opioid addiction. Antonio had built a successful business empire despite facing failures, betrayals, and setbacks. Alongside his wife Nicole, they had overcome many obstacles and created a seemingly perfect life....

In The End of the World (As We Know It), author Kayla Kruse draws from her own extraordinary experiences to share some astonishing anecdotes from her life. Traumatized as a young teenager after being drugged and assaulted at a party she attended when she was...

To say that Bruce Neckels has led a colorful life would be an understatement. His memoir Matter of Conscience is so much more than a book about his experiences as a conscious objector who fought the system that drafted him for service in Vietnam. It...

Rooting Out Shame: A Son's Account of Child Sexual Abuse and Recovery by Frank Root III is a profoundly moving and disturbing memoir that chronicles the author’s traumatic childhood filled with sexual abuse inflicted by his parents. With raw honesty and heartfelt reflection, the author...

The wallpaper on my cellphone shows the Nauset Lighthouse on the shores of Cape Cod. Once a year we vacation there and enjoy taking side trips to see the lighthouses along the coast. I was curious to read Nauset Light: A Personal Legacy by Mary...

The Nutcracker Chronicles by Janine Kovac is a memoir that explores Kovac's journey as a ballerina and her early aspirations, which included becoming a psychologist. Influenced by a music box ballerina, Kovac begins ballet lessons at Fort Bliss, later admiring prima ballerina Renée Segapeli after...

Not Good Enough Girl: A Memoir of an Inconvenient Daughter by Sondra R. Brooks explores her complex relationship with her mother, stemming from childhood experiences marked by strict discipline and family dysfunction following her parents' divorce. She details the impact of her stepfather, Dan, whose...

In A Quest to Discover the Essence of Faith, Evangelia VanPatten details her life. She was brought up by Greek immigrants, and her upbringing influenced her greatly. Her mother is deeply religious and also hopes her children will have a better life than she did....

Petals From Mars by Judie Dziezak details the author’s personal journey of resilience and triumph over adversity. Dziezak shares her experiences growing up with a mentally ill mother and the emotional abuse she endured, which later shaped her ability to navigate male-dominated professional fields as...