The Ways of Water
In Teresa H. Janssen’s impressionistic historical novel "The Ways of Water", a girl comes of age in the American Southwest, facing multiple family struggles. In the early... Read More
Books We've Reviewed from She Writes Press
We Used to Dance
In the emotive, empathetic memoir "We Used to Dance", a family has to let go of one of its beloved members. Debbie Chein Morris’s loving memoir We Used To Dance is about the... Read More
Rain Dodging
A layered scholar’s memoir, Susan J. Godwin’s "Rain Dodging" details and personalizes her research into the late seventeenth-century Stuart court of Queen Mary of Modena,... Read More
A Tale of Two Maidens
The historical novel "A Tale of Two Maidens" covers the last days of Joan of Arc’s campaign with spirited flourishes. In Anne Echols’s rousing historical novel "A Tale of... Read More
The Stark Beauty of Last Things
Céline Keating’s lush, elegiac novel "The Stark Beauty of Last Things" limns Montauk in stunning prose and highlights loss, the transience of home, and the impermanence of... Read More
In Pursuit of Radio Mom
"In Pursuit of Radio Mom" is a candid memoir covering a woman’s early family troubles and her long road to personal recovery. Psychologist Terry Crylen’s introspective... Read More
Dancing into the Light
A lively memoir that captures the happiness and confusion of being part of two cultures at once, "Dancing into the Light" is celebratory and affecting. Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki’s... Read More
Late Bloomer
"Late Bloomer" is a heartfelt memoir about leaving a marriage to find healing and wholeness in coming out. Melissa Giberson’s heartfelt memoir "Late Bloomer" is about the... Read More
Transister
"Transister" is a powerful memoir about a mother’s stand for her daughter’s right to be her authentic self. Television anchor Kate Brookes’s unflinching memoir... Read More
Not Weakness
With examples that cultivate empathy, "Not Weakness" is a searing, personalized indictment of how society responds to women’s chronic pain. Francesca Grossman’s "Not... Read More
The Twenty
At sixty and retired, Marianne Bohr and her husband felt fit and ready for adventure. Thus, they planned to hike the famed, daunting Grande Randonnée 20. "The Twenty" covers... Read More