No Thanks: Black, Female, and Living in the Martyr-Free Zone by Keturah Kendrick is a collection of essays that show the author’s journey to freedom in a world bound by expectations and pressures to conform as an educated black woman. The author explains and rationalizes...

My Chosen Words: Memories of a Professional Immigrant Woman is a work of non-fiction written in the memoir style by author Ferial Imam Haque, Ph.D. From her parental roots in British India to a contented life as a retired scientist in Ottawa, Canada, the author...

Being born an illegitimate daughter to a woman who was way ahead of her time put Mary in a complex position. As much as she wanted a father, her mother did not wish to be married. Finally, she accepted her reality and vowed not to...

Family Business by Dave and Erin Plow is a no-holds-barred description of life as a “body collector” for Dave's father’s family business in the funeral industry. Dave worked for his father and even as a little boy he had accompanied his father on calls, so...

Basements & Blossoms: A Few Recollections of the Ugliness That Made My Life Beautiful by Lana Reid is a memoir and self-help guide both rolled into one amazing book. The author takes the reader on a journey in which she shares her life story with...

Finding Anna: An Unusual Journey to Self-Discovery by Vineeth Vijayghosh is a powerful memoir that documents a young man’s journey to finding meaning. The story begins in a hotel in Germany. It is the first time the author is on his own and thoughts of...

Soul Afterlife: Beyond the Near-Death Experience by Bud Megargee focuses on the existence of both human and spiritual energies in life. The book is about the author's spiritual self-discovery, spiritual adventure, and the afterlife puzzle. The journey begins with trying to understand the octopus analogy...

The King and the Quirky: A Memoir of Love, Marriage, Domesticity, Feminism, and Self by Heather Siegel is one hell of a memoir, one of the best I have read about marriage and what it takes to make it work, and also about the journey...

There is nothing like a personal crisis to put your life into perspective and make you look at your life, behaviors, and actions with a fresh outlook. Hope Anderson has faced many challenges in her life; bipolar and a lack of self-worth resulted in years...

Conspiracy of Grace: A Wild Tale of Transformation by Dale Fiegland and Robbi Cary is the story of the power of grace in the life of the author, a good Christian and minister, Dale Fiegland. It is a tale of hope with a powerful message...