Like most women, Jennifer Rieger confronts life’s unexpected events with apprehension. As a nineteen-year-old college student she becomes pregnant, disrupting her plans for a writing career. She falls in love […]
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On the Ledge: A Memoir
On the Ledge is a debut memoir from Amy Turner, a former practicing attorney and seventh-grade social studies teacher. Its prologue prepares the reader for the memoir’s impetus—in 1957, her […]
Read MoreWord for Word: A Writer’s Life
I so enjoyed Word for Word: A Writer’s Life by Laurie Lisle. I highlighted, wrote in the margins and tabbed pages. Being a writer is so intertwined with being who […]
Read MoreUnder My Bed and Other Essays
“I know women who enjoy being alone in their homes at night. A single mother at my daughter’s preschool, for instance, says she lives for uninterrupted hours of André Watts’s […]
Read MorePossums Run Amok: A True Tale Told Slant
It’s clear from the first pages of Possums Run Amok that this isn’t a traditional memoir in style or pace. Chapters are rapid-fire glimpses into experiences that beg for deeper […]
Read MoreWherever The Road Leads: A Memoir of Love, Travel, and a Van
I love to travel, which made reading Wherever The Road Leads: A Memoir of Love, Travel, and a Van a joy. The story begins with introductions to Katie and Tom […]
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