Author Willa Goodfellow’s dedication page simply states: “I wrote this for you.” She sure did. This book is for the myriad people diagnosed—or misdiagnosed—with Bipolar I or Bipolar II disorder. Having […]
Read MoreMemoir and Autobiography
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers
Jenn Shapland wasn’t particularly a fan of the writing of Carson McCullers, the American writer whose first novel was The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, but when she came across […]
Read MoreThe Absent Mother: Memoir of a Foster Child
One inexplicable act by Paula Shaffer’s mother left an indelible scar on her life. In her memoir The Absent Mother, Paula Shaffer is pictured with her older brother Bobby, her […]
Read MoreSaving Sara: A Memoir of Food Addiction
Saving Sara is a poignant, moving, and brave memoir about a nearly fifty-year battle with food addiction. The author, Sara Somers, also descended into drug abuse and alcoholism as a […]
Read MoreSwirl Girl: Coming of Race in the USA
TaRessa Stovall’s memoir, Swirl Girl: Coming of Race in the USA details over forty years of her life as a mixed-race child of a Jewish mother and Black father. The […]
Read MoreDancing in the Narrows: A Mother-Daughter Odyssey Through Chronic Illness
Anyone who has ever known a person with Lyme disease can appreciate what a persistent, debilitating illness it is. Indeed, as writer Anna Penenberg learned, it can be an affliction […]
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