Whispers Sinners and Saints by Nancy Heart is the account of the deeply sad and emotional lives of a family spanning three generations. Anna, born in New York City in 1959, is the daughter of a Hungarian immigrant mother, Ann. During WWII, Ann was only...

I Hate You, Mary Sullivan is a unique and thoughtful memoir about inherited trauma, complex family history, and religious guilt. In it, Barbara Jean Williams talks about her immigrant Irish grandmother, her family, and how her Irish Catholic heritage impacted her life. Barbara's grandmother, Mary...

The Journey is a powerful memoir written by Amirah F. Smith, chronicling her struggles with mental health and infertility. The book explores her desire to have children, but her fear of continuing the cycle of single motherhood in her family causes her to delay. Unfortunately,...

Ronald Hunter’s autobiography titled Angel Finally Found His Wings tells how he grew up in an extremely dysfunctional family. His mother suffered from a severe mental health problem. His elder brother had PSTD after returning from Vietnam and various other siblings, while trying to help,...

Detour: Lose Your Way, Find Your Path by S. Mariah Rose is a fascinating autobiography of one woman’s search for her destiny and her purpose on this planet. Sara had always rejected her parents' strict New England upbringing and sought to forge her own path...

The Genteel Poor: A Childhood Memoir by William Karl Thomas is told throughout several generations as the family goes from being wealthy to becoming poor. After the Civil War ended and later the Depression, there were a lot of “genteel poor.” These were folks who...

A crisis resulted due to the hasty departure of the US from Afghanistan. Other things that added to the chaos include the withdrawal of military personnel before the evacuation of civilians and the lack of coordination with the Afghan forces and other partners. Chad had...

Kathleen Rose Morgan's The Seller of Secrets is an incredibly inspiring memoir. This book tells the story of Kathleen's journey from a childhood filled with abuse and trauma to the strong and resilient woman she is today. As a young girl, Kathleen craved her mother's...

Family is our first experience of love, trust, support, and all things good in life. But it can also be our first experience with hatred, bitterness, anger, darkness, and so many bad things. When the one that you love most, the one who you’ve experienced...

The Pianist's Only Daughter by Kathryn Betts Adams is a memoir that chronicles the author's life and, most poignantly, her role as a caregiver to both her ailing parents. Adams describes an upbringing in the 1960s and 1970s that teeters between her parents' talents and...