Ready from Within—think about that title. It describes the core values of Septima Poinsette Clark. Nothing deterred her from her goal to educate fellow Black citizens and further their opportunity […]
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Getting Off the Radiator: A Story of Shame, Guilt, & Forgiveness
I get excited at the prospect of a fresh read. When I spied this title, I immediately honed in on Dorothy Preston’s memoir. It is chocked with a full spectrum […]
Read MoreMy Life, My Ethiopia
Mary Tadesse’s memoir entitled My Life, My Ethiopia illuminates the life of one of Ethiopia’s greatest women leaders. Born into a family that valued education, she was selected to travel […]
Read MoreDo Not Disclose: A Memoir of Family Secrets Lost and Found
I have been obsessed with Holocaust stories and memoirs for many years. Then I branched out to descendants of Holocaust survivors and accounts of researching family history. Do Not Disclose: […]
Read MoreBooth Girls: Pregnancy, Adoption & the Secrets We Kept
Suddenly, your mother blurts out, “When I was twenty, before I met your dad, I got pregnant and had a baby that I gave up for adoption. You have a […]
Read MoreThe Other Mothers
The Other Mothers (Source Books, 2011), by accomplished essayist Jennifer Berney, is a moving and engaging chronicle of one couple’s very personal struggle to become parents. Berney’s first published memoir […]
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