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

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

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

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