Biography/Memoir Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: THE STRENGTH OF WATER by Karin K. Jensen REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Non-Fiction Amy Wilson - 29 January 2026

Publication Date: November 7, 2025 "Water is fluid, soft, yielding. But water will wear away rock... what is soft is strong." -Lao Tzu In 1920s Detroit, King Ying lives in a small apartment behind...

3.5-STAR REVIEW: UNBROKEN by Adriene Caldwell

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 26 November 2025

Publication Date: February 10, 2026 Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines is a raw, unflinching memoir that exposes the devastating impact of abuse, mental illness, and systemic failure, while illuminating the extraordinary resilience of the...

4-STAR REVIEW: A THOUSAND MILES FROM CARE by Steve Johnson

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 21 October 2025

Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Soon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30-year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother’s...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE PERILS OF GIRLHOOD by Melissa Fraterrigo

Biography/Memoir Sandy Saucier - 2 September 2025

Publication Date: September 1, 2025 Like many girls growing up in the eighties and nineties, Melissa Fraterrigo leaned on popular culture to transition from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Judy Blume told stories...

5-STAR REVIEW: LOUISE-ÉLISABETH VIGEE LE BRUN by Judith Cromwell

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 28 July 2025

Publication Date: May 16, 2025 This biography follows the remarkable life of Louise-Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, whose portraits of European royalty and nobility hang in many of the world's most important galleries. As...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: HOW NOT TO FLY AN AIRPLANE by Shirley M Phillips

Biography/Memoir Amy Wilson - 19 June 2025

Publication Date: May 20, 2025 Shirley M. Phillips knew she wanted to be a pilot when she was fourteen years old, thanks to an introductory flight in a Cessna that her father gave...

5-STAR REVIEW: REACHING FOR BEAUTIFUL by Sally McQuillen

Death & Grief Amy Wilson - 13 June 2025

Publication Date: April 1, 2025 For fans of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking or David Sheff’s Beautiful Boy, this debut memoir about a mother grieving her young-adult son’s death is a must-read for any...

5-STAR REVIEW: DANCING ON COALS by Cynthia Moore

Non-Fiction Amy Wilson - 13 June 2025

Publication Date: March 25, 2025 An award-winning playwright's story of her madcap race to find fame or enlightenment, whichever comes first— perfect for fans of Lori Gottlieb's Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. In Dancing on...

3-STAR REVIEW: SLEEP LIKE STARFISH by Rachelle Atkins

Non-Fiction Sandy Saucier - 29 May 2025

Publication Date: October 8, 2024 Sleep like Starfish chronicles how a couch-surfing, disassociated teenage high school dropout with debilitating chronic illness, a constant loop of intrusive thoughts, and a haunting abandonment wound goes on...

3.5-STAR REVIEW: AN ARTIST’S LIFE by Carlton Davis

Biography/Memoir Sandy Saucier - 26 May 2025

Publication Date: December 27, 2024 An Artist's Life tells of artist, author, and architect Carlton Davis's relentless search for his soul's desire. With degrees in architecture, he works with luminary architects, but his métier is...

4-STAR REVIEW: 26 SECONDS by Rossana D’Antonio

Non-Fiction Amy Wilson - 16 May 2025

Publication Date: May 13, 2025 Much as Eric Schollsberg’s Fast Food Nation made people think about the way we eat, this provocative memoir and exposé challenges readers to question why, given its long history of cover-ups and...

5-STAR REVIEW: HENRY’S CLASSROOM by Amy Mackin

Non-Fiction Amy Wilson - 8 May 2025

Publication Date: May 6, 2025 Over 7 million students ages 3–21 across the United States receive special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Amy Mackin’s son, Henry, is one of...