A meticulously researched exploration of collaboration, memory, and the elusive nature of truth…
Wolfe’s ambitious biography is a searching and deeply researched portrait of a man who lived a double life. Jan Jürgen “John” Petersen was a respected Canadian social… A Snake on the Heart: History, Mystery, and Truth: The Entangled Journeys of a Biographer and His Nazi Subject by Patrick S. Wolfe
A meticulously researched exploration of collaboration, memory, and the elusive nature of truth…
Wolfe’s ambitious biography is a searching and deeply researched portrait of a man who lived a double life. Jan Jürgen “John” Petersen was a respected Canadian social… 
Mystical, moving, and quietly profound.
Marriage and family therapist MacDonald confronts the death of her father, and the startling spiritual aftermath that reshapes her understanding of grief, identity, and the endurance of love. William “Bill” Basil Pukatch, the emotional center… 
Reflective, humane, and beautifully observed.
There are memoirs that recount achievement, and there are memoirs that illuminate the emotional history of an era. Shayne’s memoir does both with uncommon elegance. One might expect a Hollywood memoir full of glamorous anecdotes… 
A heartfelt, lyrical, and deeply moving portrait of love, resilience, and ordinary lives…
Mulford reflects on the quiet power of ordinary lives in this multigenerational memoir. “Even though the story that we each create will ultimately succumb to time… we… 
An honest, searching, and finely observed memoir of reckoning and renewal…
A life defined by discipline and control comes under scrutiny as its hidden tensions begin to emerge in Steinberg’s candid memoir. The author reflects on his journey that moves… 
A restrained, penetrating memoir of childhood and inherited identity.
Vado’s memoir offers a measured, unsentimental examination of how a child learns to survive within the overlapping pressures of family, culture, and unspoken rules. The book’s frame is deceptively simple. Now… 
A raw, and unsparing memoir that explores survival, family betrayal, systemic failure, and the fierce will to keep living when the world offers no safety.
“Please, God, take the pain away,” Caldwell writes at the opening of the book, moments… 
Clear, restrained, and quietly courageous.
Bosscha offers a rare and unsettling account of life inside a fractured mind in this powerful memoir. The author’s life before collapse is deliberately ordinary: an independent man renovating his condominium when seizures abruptly dismantle… 
A quietly devastating, deeply elegant poetry collection.
A celebrated Canadian poet and former editor, John Barton turns to the terrain of his own past to examine how memory, loss, and lineage shape a life. Born in Edmonton during the early… 
A haunting, luminous poetry collection.
Award-winning poet and essayist Streetly charts a life changed by loss, memory, and the magnetic pull of the Pacific Northwest in her compelling latest book. Six years after her adult stepsons vanished with their boat… 
Genuine, unflinching, and quietly absorbing…
In her debut, Casey delivers a steady, clear-eyed portrait of a childhood defined by poverty, alcoholism, and the relentless weight of chronic illness. The youngest of six in a working-class Irish Catholic family, Casey grows… 
A candid, gracefully written memoir of faith, identity, and hard-won peace.
Young’s debut is an intimate and deeply affecting memoir that follows one man’s fall into spiritual emptiness and his slow, hard-won rediscovery of love and faith. Young begins his… 
A reflective, compassionate, and transformative work of spiritual wisdom.
Chapman’s compelling book is a meditative call to awaken the light within and live with greater clarity and compassion. The book opens with a compelling insight: within each of us flows… 
A tender, unflinching memoir of faith, shame, and the quiet power of grace.
Hartmann offers a deeply personal reflection on finding God’s grace amid shame and despair in this compelling memoir. “I never liked the word ‘testimony’,” she admits early… 
A stark, inspiring memoir of grit, quiet triumph, and the slow art of rebuilding a life.
Drewitt delivers a gripping, unsentimental account of survival and self-reinvention, tracing his remarkable rise from drug-addled drifter to an accomplished teacher. Growing up amid… 
Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.
In his compelling memoir, Trew delivers a blisteringly funny and unsettling portrait of a childhood forged from mischief, trauma, and a haunting lie. From the opening pages, when he describes his chaotic breech birth and… 
Candid, rhythmic, and deeply human…
In this absorbing memoir, Porrello revisits his unlikely journey from a Cleveland basement drum room to touring with Sammy Davis Jr., one of the most electrifying entertainers of the 20th century. The youngest in a… 
Raw, gritty, and wholly Inspiring…
Swart, a 2022 4 Deserts Grand Slam Champion, recounts her pursuit of some of the world’s most punishing ultramarathons, threading each race through an equally demanding personal history. The premise sounds simple: 250 kilometers per… 
A clear-eyed, honest memoir that finds humor, beauty, and meaning in the realities of aging.
Scoblic’s book traces her move to an assisted living facility, capturing the experience with both heartfelt candor and the discerning eye of a journalist. Following… 
Deeply personal and universally resonant…
In this honest and tender memoir, Mracek traces a path toward emotional healing and personal growth. After her parents move to an assisted living facility, Mracek is left with the task of packing up a… 
