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, consort to James II. While studying at Oxford, Godwin became... Read More

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 Two Maidens", a girl escapes an arranged marriage by joining... Read More

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 human affections. Revolving around a prized land parcel... Read More

"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 memoir "In Pursuit of Radio Mom" is about healing from childhood... Read More

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 powerful memoir "Dancing into the Light" is about the joy... Read More

"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 midlife coming-out of a risk-averse married mother of two. When... Read More

"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 "Transister" is about raising a trans child in a transphobic world.... Read More

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 Weakness" is a memoir about, and an exploration of, living with... Read More