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

December 26, 2024December 16, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Kanata Waltz – Editorial Review

Title: Kanata Waltz Author: David Gauthier Genre: Autobiography Kanata Waltz is a memoir that takes us through author David Gauthier’s life. Gauthier reflects on the hard times, the sentimental times, and some of his most special and impactful memories.

December 18, 2024December 8, 2024 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

November 7, 2024October 26, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Nowhere Else I Want to Be – Editorial Review

Title: Nowhere Else I Want to Be Author: Carol D. Marsh Genre: Nonfiction memoir Carol Marsh has no idea what to expect when she founds Miriam’s House, a care home for homeless women living with AIDS in Washington, D.C. Growing up in a stable, loving family, she always felt a passion for helping… Read More Nowhere Else I Want to Be – Editorial Review

November 5, 2024October 26, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

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

October 26, 2024October 19, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

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

July 31, 2024July 25, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

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.

July 13, 2024June 29, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

Apropos of Running – Editorial Review

Title: Apropos of Running Author: Charles Moore Genre: Memoir Apropos of Running by Charles Moore follows the author’s personal journey as he trains for and then participates in several marathons over the course of many years after turning forty.

July 12, 2024June 29, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

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.

July 9, 2024June 29, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment

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

June 6, 2024May 4, 2024 Book Review DirectoryLeave a comment