Sharon Risher and Sherri Wood Emmons’s "For Such a Time as This" is about an individual, her family, and the tragedy that changes them. On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist murdered members of a Bible study group inside the Emanuel... Read More

"Finding Rose" is a didactic story about a family facing dementia that helpfully forwards specific coping skills for real-life caregivers. Angelia Brigance’s tender novel "Finding Rose" handles dementia with compassion and practicality... Read More

With "Unofficial History of Pi Wei", Brendan Connell challenges the conventions of the classic revenge tale. In an ancient village, Sung kills Pi Wei’s father, and the boy is then abandoned by his mother. He merely survives until an... Read More

Lisandro Pérez’s "Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution" is a fascinating excursion into nineteenth-century New York, when wealthy plantation owners strolled its streets. It serves as a comprehensive guide to the social, cultural, and... Read More

In "Making It Work", the Vietnam era serves as a dynamic backdrop for the story of a young woman’s journey to maturity. "Making It Work" by Kathleen Glassburn follows Sheila Doty as she grows into a self-assured woman. Sheila’s... Read More

Short assures that happiness and fulfillment are attainable even in difficult and unchangeable circumstances. In When Changing Nothing Changes Everything: The Power of Reframing Your Life, Laurie Polich Short argues that fulfillment is... Read More

This work successfully blends elements of a memoir with advice for dealing with a complicated health care system. Nancy Bucceri’s "Semper Avanti" is a brief but powerful book that articulates the difficulties of dealing with the... Read More

This well-crafted memoir about a son’s troubling discovery contains the continual suspense that might be expected of a detective novel. In "Kept in the Dark", J. Ronald M. York presents a well-crafted memoir with the suspense and... Read More