Category: nonfiction

Review – Sometimes You Have to Lie by Leslie Brody @OverTheRiverPR #nonfiction #biography

    Synopsis   In this inspiring biography, discover the true story of Harriet the Spy author Louise Fitzhugh — and learn about the woman behind one of literature’s most beloved heroines. Harriet the Spy, first published in 1964, has mesmerized generations of readers and launched a million diarists. Its beloved antiheroine, Harriet, is erratic, unsentimental, and […]

#NewRelease & Excerpt – Blind Spots: Why Students Fail and the Science That Can Save Them by Kimberly Nix Berens PH.D. @KimberlyBerens5 #nonfiction #education

  Synopsis   In the United States, a majority of students graduate below proficiency in all academic subjects. Parents of struggling students feel overwhelmed and confused about how to help their children simply survive school, let alone succeed. Various school reform efforts have been tried and all have failed. But all hope is not lost. […]

Spotlight – I AM NOT! by Rachel Boehm @rachelboehm #memoir #abuse #bullying

    Synopsis   I am NOT! When enough of the world comes at you, telling you you’re nothing, you believe. You become what you believe. You become until the pain of becoming is too great to bear. You constantly ask yourself: What if I don’t know the answer? What if I’m wrong? What if […]

#NewRelease & Excerpt – The Mourning Report by Caitlin Garvey #memoir #nonfiction

    Synopsis   Two years after her mother’s death from breast cancer, Caitlin, then 20 years old, was admitted to a psychiatric facility after a suicide attempt. There, a therapist diagnosed her with major depression and anxiety, and she spent time as an inpatient. Years later, still suffering from grief and depression, Caitlin decided […]