Affairytale: A Memoir by C.J. English is a raw and real story of a woman who was living an unsatisfactory married life with a husband she didn’t love. When she got pregnant with her daughter, Dani, C.J. knew that she had to marry Levi for...

Livia York’s Rise: The Abused Child of the Phoenix is a compelling memoir that centers on a family’s history. In a poignant and jovial tone, the author tells her family story, with the joys, the heartbreaks, and the secrets they have kept over the years....

As a victim of child abuse myself, I have a pretty thick skin when I read stories similar to my own. But Where Children Run by Karen Emilson shook me to my core with its depiction of violence against children, especially since it is a...

When Your Relationship Changes by Kathryn Foster, Ph.D. gives a wealth of information about why some marriages fail, and ways to overcome it. As you begin to read through When Your Relationship Changes, it reads as if you were the therapist speaking to your clients....

We all dream of having the perfect relationship with a perfect person. In Love Shopping List: Unlock The Secret To Your Soulmate by Dr Andrew G. Yellen, readers are guided to decide what is important for their relationship and how to empower themselves in their...

My Dog Has Died: What Do I Do? Making Decisions and Healing the Trauma of Pet Loss by Wendy Van de Poll, MS, CEOL, is the second book in The Pet Bereavement Series, following My Dog Is Dying: What Do I Do?: Emotions, Decisions, and...

If She Let Go of My Hand by John D. Wattson weren’t about such a serious subject, and weren’t so full of pain, this memoir would make a great sitcom. But funny it isn’t, as there’s nothing funny about getting divorced after 33 years and...

Malice Intent: Is Love Worth Dying For? is Alba Castillo’s true account of her life and harrowing experiences of successive involvements with abusive partners. Alba’s father treated her mother badly and this experience became the root cause of her later unconscious tendency to choose men...

As someone who runs memoir writing workshops, I've always maintained that a memoir, just like fiction, needs dialogue to reveal character, move the story along quickly and sustain reader interest. In Alabama Blue, Toni K. Pacini has shown that isn’t always true. Hence, I’m still...

The Naked Truth About Men (And Romance) by Kathryn Foster Ph.D. is an engaging book that speaks about the equation between men and women and also teaches them to develop more tolerance and insight into their partners' behaviors. The author discusses the romantic notions we...