Waking Up Human: A Survivor’s Guide – Editorial Review

Title: Waking Up Human: A Survivor’s Guide Author: Susan Aranda Genre: Memoir / Self-Help In Susan Aranda’s memoir, Waking Up Human, Aranda revisits her life experiences involving childhood trauma, heartbreak, motherhood, and aging parents. From being raised by an abusive mother, to going through two abusive marriages, to taking care of her dying father, this story of a strong woman… Read More Waking Up Human: A Survivor’s Guide – Editorial Review

June 9, 2023May 13, 2023 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

The King of Fu – Editorial Review

Title: The King of Fu Author: Benjamin Davis Genre: Memoir The King of Fu is the unique backdrop Benjamin Davis uses to share the beginning of his life story.

June 2, 2023May 13, 2023 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Raven and the Hummingbird – Editorial Review

Title: Raven and the Hummingbird Author: Renate F. Caldwell Genre: Psychology / Memoir An incident causes 32-year-old abuse survivor Joan’s mind to shatter into 52 alternate personalities. They emerge to enable her to dissociate from the unimaginable depravity and pain she was subjected to as an infant and beyond.

May 31, 2023May 24, 2023 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Return to the Light Within – Editorial Review

Title: Return to the Light Within: How I Woke Up, Rediscovered Who I Am, and Found Happiness. Author: Dmitria Burby Genre: Memoir In Return to the Light Within, Dmitria Burby shares with the reader her personal journey of self-awakening and reconnection to her inner light and spirit.

May 16, 2023April 30, 2023 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Thorns of Chester Street – Editorial Review

Title: Thorns of Chester Street Author: Shawn Alex Nemeth Genre: Memoir At seven years old, Shawn Nemeth walks into the little, white church in his hometown all alone, desperately yearning for the love so lacking at home and finding it in a relationship with God. From a very young age, he’s known that he’s gay, which… Read More Thorns of Chester Street – Editorial Review

May 7, 2023April 26, 2023 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Ollie Ollie in Come Free – Editorial Review

Title: Ollie Ollie In Come Free Author: Anne Bernard Becker Genre: Memoir Ollie Ollie In Come Free is the product of an author’s lifelong struggle to deal with and process the traumatic events of her childhood, and to analyze the repercussions that it inevitably had on her as an adult. This memoir is a moving, emotional, and intimately personal tale of a family who had experienced more than its fair… Read More Ollie Ollie in Come Free – Editorial Review

February 25, 2023February 11, 2023 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Editorial Review: Karl’s Diary

Title: Karl’s Diary: It’s a Dog’s Life Author: Sharon Winters Genre: Memoir Karl’s Diary: It’s a Dog’s Life by Sharon Winters shares the day-to-day life of a special and spoiled dog named Karl. Told from Karl’s point of view, each diary entry gives the reader an inside look into what it’s like… Read More Editorial Review: Karl’s Diary

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The Villains Who Snapped My Spine – Editorial Review

Title: The Villains Who Snapped My Spine Author: A. H. Nazzareno Genre: Memoir The Villains Who Snapped My Spine by A.H. Nazzareno is a memoir that recounts the author’s experience as he deals with a rare medical diagnosis.

August 31, 2022August 20, 2022 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Black, White, and Gray All Over – Editorial Review

Title: Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement Author: Frederick Douglass Reynolds Genre: Memoir / True Crime Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement is a memoir that centers Frederick Douglass Reynolds and his life that led to… Read More Black, White, and Gray All Over – Editorial Review

April 28, 2022April 17, 2022 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Surrender – Editorial Review

Title: Surrender Author: Marylee MacDonald Genre: Memoir When fifteen-year-old Marylee MacDonald falls pregnant and must give her child up for adoption, she is forced to come to terms with her own childhood and adoption story. Set in the 1960s, Surrender is MacDonald’s memoir of her experience as a pregnant teen, an adopted daughter,… Read More Surrender – Editorial Review

April 1, 2022March 26, 2022 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment