Not Good Enough Girl: A Memoir of an Inconvenient Daughter by Sondra R. Brooks explores her complex relationship with her mother, stemming from childhood experiences marked by strict discipline and family dysfunction following her parents' divorce. She details the impact of her stepfather, Dan, whose...

In A Quest to Discover the Essence of Faith, Evangelia VanPatten details her life. She was brought up by Greek immigrants, and her upbringing influenced her greatly. Her mother is deeply religious and also hopes her children will have a better life than she did....

Petals From Mars by Judie Dziezak details the author’s personal journey of resilience and triumph over adversity. Dziezak shares her experiences growing up with a mentally ill mother and the emotional abuse she endured, which later shaped her ability to navigate male-dominated professional fields as...

Mr. Philip L. Kahn talks about how he met Myken in Heartstrings Into Infinity. They meet on an app called The Clubhouse. From the start, Philip thinks Myken is beautiful and is instantly attracted to her. Myken is attracted to another guy called Robert, who...

Stories My Father Told Me by Dvora Treisman is a moving and intimate memoir that brings to life the experiences of the author's father, Rafał Feliks Buszejkin, during some of the most turbulent periods of the 20th century. Through a collection of personal stories and...

Are You Really Listening? by Bernice Simpson is a poignant memoir that delves into end-of-life care from a nurse's perspective. It provides a deeper and more personal understanding of the emotional complexities during a patient's final days. The author shares her experience of losing her...

In her memoir After the Crash, Kelly Tuttle recounts her experiences with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) following a car accident, laying out the initial unawareness of its severity and the subsequent challenges she faced, including memory loss, emotional instability, and cognitive fatigue. She speaks...

Fall and Recovery by Joanne De Simone is a memoir of her experiences as a dancer and mother. Following her son Benjamin's birth in 1999, developmental issues led to diagnoses of cerebral palsy and lissencephaly. De Simone found herself battling anxiety and isolation while managing...

Warning: I Published with a Scam Publishing Company! by Peggy Jo Henry is a collection of several stories, journal entries, poems, and other outlets, all original, and all leaning into various emotional and philosophical themes. These include but are by no means limited to, Wolfie,...

In 1998 Nanda, Jane Edberg's son of 19, was pronounced dead on the railroad tracks. This compelled Jane to write a memoir about her unconventional path through grief using the profound transformative power of art. She mapped Nanda’s life and death, showing the beauty and...