A highly opinionated, vibrantly illustrated wine guide from one of the country’s most celebrated—and unorthodox—sommeliers and winemakers In this entertaining, informative, and thoroughly unconventional wine guide, award-winning sommelier, winemaker, and wine educator André Mack presents readers with the 99 bottles that have most impacted his life. Instead of just pairing wines with foods, Mack […]
Category: memoir
Book Title: MY BEAUTIFUL DETOUR: An Unthinkable Journey from Gutless to Grateful by Amy Oestreicher Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+) (529 pages) Genre: Memoir Publisher: Singing Tree Publishing Release date: November 2019 Synopsis An estimated 70 percent of adults in the United States have experienced a traumatic event at least once in their lives […]
Synopsis Angela’s blue Subaru spins in an icy, Indiana intersection. She and her mother are not breathing. Hours later, she wakes in the ICU. Her arm paralyzed, her mother dead. Police determine she ran the stop sign, and she believes it. She folds herself inward, unable to face either loss. Mustering the fight, she […]
Synopsis America’s most prominent Latino chef shares the story behind his food, his family, and his professional journey Before Chef Aaron Sanchez rose to fame on shows like MasterChef and Chopped, he was a restless Mexican-American son, raised by a fiercely determined and talented woman who was a successful chef and restaurateur in her own right—she is […]
Synopsis At thirteen years old, Elizabeth Ruggiero’s heart was broken when her father died suddenly. But there was a bigger challenge ahead when doctors told her she probably had multiple sclerosis at 22 years old. Elizabeth vowed that this new challenge would not put restrictions on her life and embarked on a lifelong dream […]
Rounding Home by Sarah Swindell Genre: Memoir / Family / Autism Date of Publication: August 2, 2019 Number of Pages: 256 Scroll down for giveaway! In 1991, twenty-one-year-old Sarah, the recently divorced mother to two-year-old Hayley, moved from the dusty small town of Farmington, New Mexico to the bustling city of Houston, […]
Synopsis After seven years of faithfully following her spiritual teacher, Renee Linnell finally realized she was in a cult and had been severely brainwashed. But how did that happen to someone like her? She had graduated magna cum laude with a double degree. She had traveled to nearly fifty countries alone […]
One by One: A Memoir of Love and Loss in the Shadows of Opioid America by Nicholas Bush Adult Nonfiction, 245 pages Publisher: Apollo Publishers Release date: November 2018 Synopsis In ONE by ONE: A Memoir of Love and Loss in the Shadows of Opioid America (Apollo Publishers; $24.99; Hardcover; 978-1-94806-216-9), author Nicholas Bush opens […]
Synopsis Medical errors are an epidemic. Nearly six years ago, when Gloria J. Yorke‘s late husband collapsed in their home and was rushed to the closest hospital, she found herself sucked into a medical nightmare. A Chicago legend, Big Band orchestra leader, singer, and virtuoso of the tenor sax, her husband opened shows for many of the greatest entertainers in history—including the original Rat […]
Fierce, Funny, and Female A Journey Through Middle America, the Texas Oil Field, and Standup Comedy by MARTI MacGIBBON Genre: Memoir / Drama / Humor Publisher: Stay Strong Publishing Publication Date: March 20, 2017 Number of Pages: 412 pages SCROLL DOWN FOR THE GIVEAWAY! This book is the celebrated prequel to the critically acclaimed, […]