The memoir offers a beautifully written account of family love and survival amid the challenges of addiction.
REVIEW: Let Me Count the Ways: A Memoir by Tomás Q. Morín
Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: Craft and Conscience: How To Write About Social Issues by Kavita Das
Writing about sociopolitical issues is a craft issue examined in a timely book for writers of all experience levels.
REVIEW: The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water by Chris Dombrowski
The memoir is a moving meditation on the nature of man and land juxtaposed with the challenges of family and parenting.
REVIEW: Plain: A Memoir of Mennonite Girlhood by Mary Alice Hostetter
The memoir of growing up gay in a conservative religious community is a story of quiet rebellion.
REVIEW: The Year Of The Horses: A Memoir by Courtney Maum
The memoir explores the author’s journey out of depression and the wider issue of women looking for something to carry them forward in uncertain times.
REVIEW: Halfway From Home: Essays by Sarah Fawn Montgomery
An artful variation of essay forms and poetic language mark this artfully written collection.
REVIEW: When They Tell You to Be Good by Prince Shakur
Shakur’s memoir is a meditation on multiple identities and their place in the larger American society,
REVIEW: The Loneliest Places: Loss, Grief, and the Long Journey Home by Rachel Dickinson
A meditative style and use of metaphor elevates the memoir to a study of what nature can teach us about ourselves and our relationships.
REVIEW: A Cheerleader’s Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment: a memoir in essays by MB Caschetta
The memoir in essays chronicles the author’s journey to find meaning through some of the most devastating events of our time.
REVIEW: Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery by Linda Murphy Marshall
A childhood home and the hidden meaning of family language are translated into insights about the memoirist’s past.
