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INTO TROUBLE by Paul Gorman

An utterly engrossing travel account that doubles as a remarkable coming-of-age story… Fabulous. Gorman’s deeply personal narrative is as much a coming-of-age story as it is an engrossing history of a bygone era. Raised by a sympathetic mother and abusive…
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Discovering twins: A Journey into Lives by Stella Ter Hart

Emotionally charged and beautifully written… A page-turner. Ms. ter Hart debuts with this expansive, eloquent tale depicting the horrors of the Holocaust as she sets out to uncover her family’s history in Holland. ter Hart, who never fully understood why…
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Consequences: An Intelligence Officer’s War by David Grantham

A stirring chronicle of what it’s really like to be a counterintelligence officer in a war zone… Grantham’s powerful account takes the reader inside America’s many counterintelligence missions. As a counterintelligence officer with the elite and secretive Air Force Office…
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Tales From The Mud Hole, Why Pigs Are My Friends by Vally Mulford

Precisely observed and beautifully written… A rewarding book. Mulford debuts with this endearing personal memoir, taking readers on his year-long journey as the manager of a commercial hog farm. When Mulford, newly married and just out of college, decided to…
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20-Year Letter: An Afghanistan Chronicle by Benjamin R Warner

Intense, authentic, and engrossing… Warner offers a firsthand glimpse at the camaraderie, peril, and gratifications of service in his engrossing memoir. A few short months removed from the events of 9/11, the young reserve officer, LT Warner, jumped on the…
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Song Over Silence: A Story About Finding My Voice While Healing Child Incest Abuse by Jill Dyann Bittle

Raw and authentic… A candid and courageous memoir about incest abuse. In this striking and moving memoir, Bittle details her harrowing journey of recovery from incest abuse, turning an unflinching eye on the time in her life that has influenced…
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Becoming a Doctors’ Doctor: A Memoir by Michael F. Myers

Moving, eloquent, and a life-changing book that needs to be experienced…                   Myers, a professor of clinical psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, New York and the author and coauthor of eight previous books dealing with medical students…
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Arizona Awakening: A Memoir of Romance, Race, and Redemption by Richard C Lin

Eloquent, adroitly written, and candid personal story of love and identity… In this hard-to-put-down memoir, Lin delivers a revealing account of his experiences as an American born to Chinese immigrant parents. As an immigrant in America from Taiwan, Lin’s father…
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The Brazen Biddy’s Club: A Mother Daughter Late Life Adventure by Ruth Newell

A fresh, funny take on mother-daughter bond… Newell humanizes the mother-daughter bond in this witty fictionalized semi-autobiographical tale of a middle-aged daughter who finds herself living with her elderly mother after a 40 year hiatus. She writes, groping her way…
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Zimbabwe Safari: A Memoir by Tim Good

An entertaining, eloquent memoir… In this enjoyable memoir and adventure guide, Good takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the rugged wilderness of Zimbabwe, sharing the story of his successful hunting trip taken there. The narrative follows Good through his…
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Surrender: A Memoir of Nature, Nurture, and Love by Marylee MacDonald

Startling, riveting, and compulsively readable… MacDonald recounts her life as an adoptee and how it influenced her psyche in this searing memoir. Filtered through decades of reflection and introspection and written with a haunting precision, the book narrates MacDonald’s life…
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Redefining Normal by Justin Black, Alexis Black

Brutally honest, often sad… A courageous chronicle of abuse, recovery, and success. This absorbing account by two young authors who, as adolescents, entered state’s fostering system is a gutsy account of fragility, abuse, and redemption. With a childhood marred by…
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Autistic and Proud: What Cat Rescue Has Taught Me About Hope, Acceptance, and Never Giving Up by Zachariah Atteberry

Candid and heartwarming… Atteberry chronicles his life journey in this endearingly honest memoir that probes his struggles of trying to make something of his life while dealing with autism. He begins with his painful childhood, his mother’s diagnosis of cancer,…
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A Dreamer’s Life by Laurika Bretherton

A flat-out fabulous memoir… In this lyrical and occasionally philosophical account, Laurika narrates her time spent as a drifter on a journey of self-discovery. With a secure job, a husband, and a cozy home, things seem to be going great…
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A Bagful of Kittens Headed to the Lake: Selected Essays by Cathy Carlton Hews

Brutally honest, compulsively readable, and at times painful to read… In this intimate and gripping collection of essays, Hews shines a light on her own struggles of caring for her father who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s. Hews’s father’s deterioration by late-onset…
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Brooklyn Bred by Dr David Garrahan

A powerful and poignant memoir that doubles as an exploration of family ties, abandonment, forgiveness, and resilience… Former university professor, the Director of Pupil Personnel Services and District Superintendent of Schools, and veteran author Garrahan chronicles his journey of rags-to-riches…
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BAD KARMA: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell by Paul Wilson

A gritty, adventurous tale… Wilson’s chance to join two local icons on a dream surf trip to mainland Mexico that resulted in a complete disaster makes for a compelling debut memoir. Being a one of the not-so-popular guys, twenty-one-year-old Wilson…
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The Boy Behind the China Cabinet: A Memoir about Addiction, Hollywood, Mother Teresa and Me by Paul LaGreca

Uplifting and engrossing… In this intimate and entertaining debut, LaGreca shares his spiritual journey of finding his true calling while growing up in Bronx in a large Catholic Italian family and living through his oldest brother’s drug addiction. Being a…
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Wacky On The Junk by Kathy Varner

  A witty, candid memoir… Varner’s hilarious debut memoir is a charmingly quirky amalgamation of the wrong food choices and erratic mood swings. In a funny, conversational style, Varner narrates her life story as she reflects on her early childhood,…
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Summon the Tiger by Wendy Sura Thomson

  Beautifully written, compelling memoir… Born with congenital abnormalities and missing both the ulna and tibia on the right side along with several other deformities, Thomson had her leg amputated even before she started kindergarten. In a poignant manner, Thomson…