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...

Resolve to Rise: Become Greater than Your Circumstances by Lilli Correll is an empowering and informative book that explores the effects of trauma as well as the process of healing. The author shares her life from her childhood experiences to when she became a renowned...

Redeemed: A Memoir of a Stolen Childhood is a work of non-fiction in the memoir, social issues, and family issues subgenres. It is best suited to adult readers owing to the potentially upsetting nature of the subject matter. Penned by author Penny Lane, this harrowing...

In this moving memoir, Regina Gershman tells her story as a young girl who, with her family, escaped the persecution of the Jewish community by the former Soviet Union. Rebecca's Journey follows Rebecca since she was ten years old, living with her parents and siblings...

In her memoir Runaway Train, Krista Cambers tells of her childhood growing up with divorced parents who were both in the Salvation Army. She admits she was a difficult child, shy, bullied at school, and with very low self-esteem. She battled with a situation in...

Suzanne Lezotte’s first child, Owen, was born with Down Syndrome. Lezotte did not know about his diagnosis until a week after his birth. The identification of Owen as a Down Syndrome child brought with it the expected feelings of grief, fear, and doubts. The experience...

Run of the Leopard Dogs: How I Escaped Terror, Insanity, Suicide, and a Deranged South Texas Tyrant is a work of non-fiction in the memoir, autobiography, and slice-of-life subgenres. It is suitable for the mature adult reading audience due to some upsetting content concerning death,...

Round The Twist: Memoir Of A Young Colon Cancer Survivor is written by Lisa Febre, a musician who wrote as a hobby and felt what she believed were the normal cramps that people feel when they need to relieve themselves or during the cycle of...

Ring the Bell by EC Stilson is a memoir of the author’s cancer journey. People often take the luxury of living for granted, being too caught up with things in life that don’t end up mattering that much in the bigger picture. But that’s life;...

Caregivers of those fighting terminal illnesses go through a lot and almost always stay behind the scenes. As practice shows, it is especially hard for men. Silent heroes, they don't ask for praise for their self-sacrifices. Ride or Die by Jarie Bolander is a story...