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My Diecast Life by Dan Vado

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…
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Leaving La-La Land: Escape to Reality by Robert K Bosscha

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…
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Never Alone by Cheryl S. Hartmann

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…
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How to Age Gracefully: Essays About the Art of Living by Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic

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…