In a style blending poetic prose and journalistic narrative, the memoir recalls trauma caused by growing up in a religious cult and the path to forgiving a mother.
REVIEW: The Community: A Memoir by N. Jamiyla Chisholm
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REVIEW: Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Victoria Chang
Letters, found art and photographs are used to explore loss, preserve memories and explore identity.
REVIEW: Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity by Darrel McLeod
Darrel McLeod’s story moves beyond the personal and offers insights into the injustices suffered by Canada’s indigenous peoples.
REVIEW: Get Thee to a Bakery: Essays by Rick Bailey
Bailey, a retired writing professor, weaves multiple themes and anecdotes through each of his essays…
Review: Out of the Crazywoods by Cheryl Savageau
Savageau’s memoir is important for all the ways it approaches the reader’s understanding of Bipolar I Disorder.
Review: Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jensen
Jensen’s epiphany about using targeted social media ads came while battling insomnia…
Review: Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered – The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
In their dual memoir, dubbed the first of its kind by its publisher, Kilgariff and Hardstark write openly about mental illness….
Review: The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein
Trauma Cleaner is part-memoir, part-biography, all character study.
Review: Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
Girl is a tell-it-like-it-is books of the “lies” about her life that Hollis had to face and the ways she overcame them.
REVIEW: A Woman Is A Woman Until She Is A Mother by Anna Prushinskaya
A Woman Is A Woman Until She Is A Mother examines the interconnection of womanhood and motherhood.
