Relentless Hope: A True Story of War and Survival by David L Britt recounts Word War II from a prisoner of war’s (POW) point of view. Chester “Chet” Britt grew up adventurous, building aircraft and being part of the scouts. He was a math whiz...

Resilient by Katherine Turner recounts the life of a woman named Katherine. Katherine's parents struggled with addiction and mental health issues, which led to neglect and abuse in her childhood. On her last day of first grade, Katherine's parents' unhappy relationship reached a boiling point,...

If we stumble and fall, most of us expect to get back up, dust ourselves off, and continue on to where we were headed. We might not have considered what we would do if our feet lost their functionality and failed to support our weight....

It was April 1975 when the South Vietnamese Army surrendered under the rapid advancement of the North Vietnamese. Streets in Saigon that once were filled with roadway noises and songs blasting from kitchen radios and market stands were now quiet and empty. For seventeen-year-old Thanh...

It’s often been said that “everybody’s got a story”, but as too many memoir writers know, not everyone is interested in their story - with one exception. Those who dare to share details of abuse, be it mental, physical, sexual or a combination of all...

Raising, and Losing, My Remarkable Teenage Mother is a non-fiction memoir written by Stacey Aaronson that chronicles the life of a young mother and her daughter, the author being the daughter. Bree finds herself pregnant just after she turns sixteen, and not long after she...

Reckless Grace: A Mother's Crash Course in Mental Illness, by Carolyn DiPasquale, is a work of non-fiction in the memoir and health issues subgenres suitable for the general reading audience. The book is a mother's account of her daughter's struggles with her mental health, written...

Run, Walk Crawl: A Caregiver Caught Between Generations is a memoir by Sarahbeth Persiani. In this book, she recounts the difficulties of being in the “sandwich generation,” in which a person juggles being a parent to young children while also becoming a caretaker for their...

Susan Jean Ricci, in Running on All Fours, has found my soft spot. Being the parent of a differently-abled child myself, I empathized when reading about the problems Susan and her brother endured at the hands of an abusive “father” and struggling mother. Too often...

Are you struggling with grief? Is your world full of chaos and mental anguish? If so, you are not alone. Marilyn Willis wants to walk with you on the road to restoration and peace of mind. In Restored Moments: A Six-Day Grief Devotional, she...