Thistles and Thorns by Jessica Lee Peterson is a powerful and gut-wrenching memoir of a mother’s tragic struggle to overcome trauma following the death of her children, Amara, Sophie, and Cecilia, who died at the hands of their abusive father. Her harrowing account of domestic...

Two Floors Above Grief: A Memoir of Two Families in the Unique Place We called Home by Kevin O’Connor is the best self-published memoir I’ve read this year. This concerns a family of undertakers and provides an examination of the day-to-day concerns of family life...

The Compassion Antidote: A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Substance Use by Cathy Taughinbaugh is a valuable resource with practical tools for guiding parents and caregivers on how to support their children while taking care of themselves. The work encourages...

The Open Book: A Family Memoir of Adventure, Trauma, and Resilience is told using the voices of three women: Roselle “Rosie” Madrone, Robin Detmer, and Kris Dutter. Kris, the mother of Roselle and Robin, embraces the dream of building a life outside the confines of...

The Actions: 7 Steps To Powerful Change is a book that teaches a series of steps to improve our lives. Margaret Tran shows readers how to break old habits and uses herself as an example. In doing so, she tells us how to become a...

The loss of a loved one can be a highly painful experience, but it is even worse when that loss could have been avoided. On the 5th of May 2014, Patricia Elliot came face to face with this harrowing event when her son, Bruce, took...

Eileen Bader Williams is a charismatic and energetic woman who relates her life story from her difficult childhood in the '50s to her wedding in the early '80s. Eileen left her family and college to follow an uncertain path. As a young girl, she questioned...

Christina Foxwell grew up as the daughter of a Pentecostal minister in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Molested by a family member at a tender age, she struggled with issues of low self-esteem, anxiety, and lack of self-belief for her entire adolescent years, compounded by an...

Ten To Life: Delirium Tales of a Covid-19 Survivor is a work of non-fiction in the medical subgenre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by Mike Joyner. The book follows the author's experiences with Covid-19 which included four hospitals in...

The Fun Master: A Memoir by Jeff Seitzer is a real-life tale that tugs at the heartstrings. At the heart of this memoir is a father who demonstrates exceptional love for his child—and such love has become his compass in navigating the turbulent waters of...