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.
Category: Memoir Reviews
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.
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
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
Leaving Bacon Behind – Editorial Review
Title: Leaving Bacon Behind: A How to Guide to Jewish Conversion Author: Melvin S. Marsh Genre: Religion Melvin Marsh knew from an early age that he was different. Despite being born and raised Roman Catholic, he identified as being Jewish. He resided in South Florida, where a sizable portion of the population practices… Read More Leaving Bacon Behind – Editorial Review
Every Day is a New Day – Editorial Review
Title: Every Day is a New Day: A Story of Faith Author: Jenny Teeters Genre: Memoir Jenny Teeters was living a lie. She was keeping her severe alcoholism from family and friends. Yet, alcohol dictated her needs. Her need to have a drink early and often led to a car accident where she… Read More Every Day is a New Day – Editorial Review
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
Mozart Blooms in Woodstock – Editorial Review
Title: Mozart Blooms in Woodstock: The Illinois Festival That Could! Author: Anita Whalen Genre: Memoir In this beautifully presented and compact memoir, Anita Whalen shares experiences, insights, and anecdotes arising from her twenty-four-year tenure as Artistic and General Director of Illinois’ Woodstock Mozart Festival, an annual three-weekend summer classical music event.
How Nature Healed a Broken Soul – Editorial Review
Title: How Nature Healed a Broken Soul Author: Penny James Genre: Autobiography Penny James was raised in Colorado, spending summers at her grandmother’s ranch in Huerfano County, a place she considered her true home.
Kim’s Memoir – Editorial Review
Title: Kim’s Memoir Author: Young-Koo Kim Genre: Memoir / Korean History Kim’s Memoir is the passionately told story of a prominent Korean jurist, naval officer, professor, and scholar of international law who spent his life serving South Korea, in particular doing legal work to ensure the security of the country’s Northern Limit Line.… Read More Kim’s Memoir – Editorial Review
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