Category: memoir

New Release & Excerpt – Living in the Long Shadow by Suzanne Sherman

  Synopsis This poignant and compelling memoir, set in ’60s–’70s Los Angeles, traces a daughter’s experience of her mother’s schizophrenia and its lasting fallout before she ultimately reckons with her mother’s suicide and trusts in enduring love. When Suzanne Sherman is four, her musically gifted mother is struck by sudden-onset schizophrenia, altering the course of […]

New Release & Excerpt – Home by Amy Smyth Miller

  Synopsis Her past held the answers-if she was brave enough to face it. After nearly losing her husband, Amy Smyth Miller’s panic spirals out of control. Therapy reveals a diagnosis: Complex PTSD. In search of healing, Amy embarks on a harrowing excavation of her past-childhood neglect, homelessness, parental addiction, and a family history shadowed […]

Excerpt – Tightrope by Jennifer Hyland

  Synopsis Jennifer Hyland spent twenty-six years in Canadian law enforcement, working major investigations, making high-stakes decisions, and rising to one of the highest ranks in policing. From the outside, her career reflected leadership, achievement, and success. From the inside, it was shaped by relentless pressure, the weight of responsibility, and the growing realization that […]

Excerpt – I’ve Made Plans by Mia Hanks

  Synopsis My story didn’t end with my divorce. In fact, I’m pretty sure my story is just getting started.” Renew, refresh, rebuild. What does the healing roadmap look like after years of narcissistic abuse? Through deeply personal stories and insightful strategies, Mia Hanks takes you on her journey of transformation and shows that healing […]

Excerpt – Tender Dreams Harsh Reality by John Beilharz

    Synopsis Tender Dreams, Harsh Reality make up the memoirs in John Beilharz’s lifelong dream to share his most cherished life experiences with friends and loved ones, and perhaps with a broader audience. In this collection, readers travel through a collection of short stories about John’s coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s […]

Excerpt – The World is My Mirror by Riza Rasco

  Synopsis The World Is My Mirror is the story of a radical midlife reinvention told through vivid, self-contained vignettes that move across every continent, country, and forgotten corner of the world. At the height of her career as a scientist, Dr. Riza Rasco’s pursuit of success, belonging, and motherhood collapsed under the weight of […]

Review & Giveaway – Dare to Dream Scary Fast by Wade Wilson

  DARE TO DREAM SCARY FAST: The Road to Kona By Wade Wilson   Inspirational Memoir, Extreme Sports Publisher: Dare to Dream Publishing Publication Date: February 25, 2025   Synopsis Discover the power of perseverance and the extraordinary potential within yourself in Dare to Dream: The Road to Kona. As an unlikely athlete born with […]

Excerpt – The Housekeeper’s Secret by Sandra Schnakenburg

  Synopsis A powerful memoir of love, secrets, and survival. When Lee Metoyer is hired to be the new housekeeper, she has no idea that she’s about to become the anchor to a family in an abusive patriarch’s home, setting a mystery in motion that will take decades to uncover. At the age of seventy-two, […]

Excerpt & Guest Post – Carried Away by Ross Meador

    “The Story of One Young Man—and Thousands of Children” With war raging, infrastructure failing, and panic overtaking Saigon, the final days of the Vietnam War gave birth to one of the largest child evacuation efforts the world has ever seen. Operation Babylift was a logistical and emotional challenge: thousands of orphans, many without […]