A long-forgotten American health crisis caused by tuberculosis is examined in a memoir of a childhood forever changed by the disease.
REVIEW: The Preventorium: A Memoir by Susan Annah Currie
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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 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: Let Me Count the Ways: A Memoir by Tomás Q. Morín
The memoir offers a beautifully written account of family love and survival amid the challenges of addiction.
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: 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.
REVIEW: A Body Across Two Hemispheres: A Memoir in Essays by Victoria Buitron
The memoir-in-essays about growing up in two countries explores universally relatable themes in exquisite prose.
