As someone who runs memoir writing workshops, I've always maintained that a memoir, just like fiction, needs dialogue to reveal character, move the story along quickly and sustain reader interest. In Alabama Blue, Toni K. Pacini has shown that isn’t always true. Hence, I’m still...

A Moment for Us: Care for Busy Couples by Alice Langholt is an excellent book that will give readers a chance to know and understand their partners better, grow closer, express appreciation, and have better communication with each other. The book helps to strengthen the...

And Then There Were Three: Sixty-Seven Letters to Sasha by Julia G. Fox is a fascinating book. My fascination lies in both the author’s presentation of the material and her style. Rather than take the more traditional, novel-like approach to her memoir of three people...

Ask More, Tell Less: A Practical Guide for Helping Children Achieve Self-Reliance by Greg Warburton is a useful tool for parents who feel frustrated with the behavior of their children, and find it difficult to handle their tantrums and moods. The book gives the right...

Adventures in the Single Lane: Getting the Divorced Guy Back in the Game Before He Misses the On-ramp to Life by V.K. Vasapolli begins by listing the social stigmas attached to a divorced male; that they are damaged goods, a failure at marriage, the odd...

After His Affair: Women Rising from the Ashes of Infidelity by Meryn G. Callander is the story of a woman who has been betrayed in love and how she survives the nightmare and emerges to shine. The book throws light on the devastation and trauma...

A Life With You by Roy Miller is a series of short stories, moments really, that detail a particular aspect of living for the author. Most of the pieces are barely more than a paragraph, you have to read closely to ensure you don't miss...

A Happy Marriage Takes Two: A Guide To Your Ideal Marriage by Veronica V. Sutherland is a perfect guide for readers wanting the right and healthy path to a happy marriage. The book has some ground rules which can prove to be useful if incorporated...

With dismal worldwide divorce rates, P.J. LaRue’s After “I Do!” A Marriage Map is not only timely, but it is succinct. The author starts right off the bat telling the reader that her marriage should not have lasted, yet it has despite the boxes they...

Rizi Savier Timane, PH.D ASW shares the story of his life with readers in An UnSpoken Compromise. Rizi was born in Nigeria as a female. Nasele was a mere eight years old when she told her father that she was a boy. Her father’s reaction...