This fascinating little book could be called The Site that Al Built. Instead, it is named State of Revolution: My Seven-and-a-Half Year Journey Through Revolutionary War New Jersey. This book is the history of Al Frazza’s travels and research to make his historical website concerning...

The Forbidden Fruit, a personal memoir written by Tina Scott, chronicles the story of her life since childhood. The book is subtitled A True Story of Sex, Drugs and the Afterlife. From childhood, Tina faced challenges that mainly originated from her father’s suicide. Full of...

It’s not often I pick up a memoir and find that what I’ve read is not only an engrossing story but a fascinating and most unexpected education. Dave Kobrenski, the author of Finding the Source, managed to keep me thoroughly entertained by his unpretentious approach to...

Jay Armstrong, a high school English teacher, explains in Bedtime Stories for the Living: A Father's Funny and Heartbreaking Memoir About The Power of Pursuing Your Dreams how he was diagnosed with a rare, degenerative brain disease. This striking memoir contains wonderful love letters for...

Mosaic Heart: Pieces of an Unfinished Life by Donna Mazzitelli is a moving and optimistic memoir. It is beautifully written. The cover is magnificent and perfectly conveys the messages we find in this book of self-discovery. Donna gratefully but also generously shares with us her...

Through Her Eyes by Maheen Mazhar is a riveting story that is told through the eyes of the main character, Maheen, as well as her grandfather. The book takes us through Maheen’s life from her birth, through some early health challenges, and into her school...

A Schizophrenic, Tapped & Skipped: Hope In The Midst Of Madness is a work of non-fiction in the memoir, inspirational and social issues subgenres. It is intended for the mature adult reading audience and was penned by author J Mark Stacy. In this harrowing, raw,...

The Holocaust is one of the most bloody events in history. Although one cannot begin to imagine the extent of physical hardships and mental trauma the victims went through in those concentration camps, From Auschwitz with Love by Daniel Seymour attempts to look into the...

In the epilogue of her autobiography, After All, Maria Trautman concludes that forgiveness is not about excusing behavior, such as abuse, but about “letting go” so that her “soul would be free of bitterness.” If only all victims of parental and sexual abuse could embrace...

Lamlash Street: A Portrait of 1960's Post-War London Through One Family's Story is an autobiographical memoir recounting J.M. Phillips's childhood living in London during 1963. Jill grew up in a close-knit, working-class community at a time of great change, raised by people still recovering from...