Category: memoir

Review & #Giveaway – A Target On My Back by Erleigh Wiley @skyhorsepub #TargetOnMyBack #TrueCrime #ErleighWiley #LSBBT #LoneStarLit

A TARGET ON MY BACK A Prosecutor’s Terrifying Tale of Life on a Hit List by Erleigh Wiley Genre: True Crime Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Facebook     Twitter    Instagram Date of Publication: October 3, 2017 Number of Pages: 176 with b&w photos Scroll down for the giveaway! Murders don’t happen in Kaufman County, Texas, a sleepy community […]

Excerpt – Fighter Pilot’s Daughter by Mary Lawlor @MaryLawlor5 #memoir #PUYB

Title: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War Author: Mary Lawlor Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 336 Genre: Memoir Format: Hardcover/Kindle FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND THE COLD WAR tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, […]

Review & #Giveaway – Why I Hate Green Beans by Lincee Ray @Lincee @revellbooks #5paws #WhyIHateGreenBeans #Memoir #Humor #PersonalGrowth #LSBBT

WHY I HATE GREEN BEANS and other confessions about relationships, reality tv, and how we see ourselves by LINCEE RAY Genre: Humorous NonFiction / Memoir Publisher: Revell Facebook   ⎸ Twitter Date of Publication: February 6, 2018 Number of Pages: 208 Scroll down for the giveaway! Insecurity. As women, we all struggle with it. Our skinny jeans mock […]

Excerpt – A Stroke of Faith by Mark Moore @AuthorMarkMoore #Memoir #Stroke

Synopsis At 46 years old, Mark Moore was in the prime of his life. He was a successful businessman, loving husband, involved father, and dedicated amateur athlete. His life was turned upside down after being hit in quick succession with two strokes that should have taken his life. After spending a month in a coma, […]

Excerpt – Bending Angels by Jack H. Emmott #inspirational #BendingAngels #Memoir @jackhemmott #LSBBT #LoneStarLit @KristineTHall

BENDING ANGELS Living Messengers of God’s Love By Jack H. Emmott     Genre: Memoir / Inspirational / Faith Publisher: Carpenter’s Son Publishing Date of Publication: January 1, 2017 Number of Pages: 176 Struck by polio at age six, Jack H. Emmott began learning the difficult spiritual lessons embodied in paralysis, shivering loneliness, and dark despair. […]

Of Bulletins and Booze: A Newsman’s Story of Recovery #Giveaway #LoneStarLit #TTUPress #Journalism #Memoir #Alcoholism @KristineTHall

OF BULLETINS AND BOOZE   A NEWSMAN’S STORY OF RECOVERY by Bob Horton Genre: Journalism / Memoir Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Date of Publication: March, 2017 Number of Pages: 284 Scroll down for Giveaway! Bob Horton began his journalism career as a reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Innate skill and good fortune took him from […]

Excerpt – Sorrows & Songs by Janice Wood Wetzel #memoir @KamaTimbrell

Title:                Sorrows & Songs:  One Lifetime – Many Lives Author:           Janice Wood Wetzel Pages:             255 ISBN:               978-0-9968-3010-2   In words as clear and sharp as cut crystal glass, the memoir Sorrows & Songs:  One Lifetime – Many Lives unflinchingly tells the story of a bright, beautiful, and promising young child who forged towards a fully […]