In Rosemary’s Way, Spring Courtright recounts the years in which changes in her mother Rosemary’s memory begin reshaping their close relationship. Repeated questions about an upcoming honeymoon first raise concern, leading to medical appointments as Rosemary thought about the future as she watched her own...

Kaya Gibson’s Released is the story of her extraordinary life, beginning with her early childhood when she was born as Rhonda Baker in Flint, Michigan. Her troubles begin at six when she loses her mother to Hodgkin's disease and survives abuse after that. Diagnosed with...

Rabble Rouser is John L. Skosey's firsthand account of the fight to save the University of Illinois Hospital in 1989, a battle he led as President of the Medical Staff. The trouble begins one week before Christmas 1988, when University President Stanley O. Ikenberry announces...

In Rise and Climb, Ben Barbic looks back on a childhood shaped by his father’s motorcycle world in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where racing trophies made ambition feel almost normal. A wildfire destroys the family home when he is five, then the Loma Prieta earthquake...

Born in Taiwan to a Chinese Muslim diplomat’s family, Fawzia Mai Tung spends her childhood learning how often a place can call a child foreign. Rootless Orchid follows her from early schooldays abroad into a life shaped by embassy postings, changing languages, religious duty, family...

When Amber Black was six years old, she heard the story of Cain and Abel. The story moved her so deeply that she has sought to maintain a close relationship with God ever since. After going through various life experiences, she has come to understand...

In Rivers and Forests, Wayne Westphal Barrow’s anthology of original essays leans into Caribbean life. Barrow's memories become a way for him to show wider social attitudes through familiar situations. Getting Older and the Benefits of Gardening follows a retired Barbadian man who slowly withdraws...

Raised on Black and White TV by Carol Denise Mitchell is a reflective narrative that explores how early television shaped identity, culture, and perception through the eyes of a Black woman growing up in mid-20th-century America. The book opens with a nostalgic prologue that frames...

In her memoir Reliance Road, Kate Winn describes growing up on a dairy farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, where daily life revolves around livestock, crops, school, and the constant work required to keep the farm operating. Her mother, Margaret Rasmussen Winn, a trained chemist who later...

Reflections on Being a Physician by Robert G. Hooper, M.D, is aptly named, for that is exactly what this book is – a thoughtful reflection based on one man’s many years of experience in the medical field. It’s broken down into three distinct sections. Each...