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Fourteen: A Daughter’s Memoir of Adventure, Sailing, and Survival
“As the story unfolds, you find yourself simultaneously holding your breath for the next episode of her dad’s strange behavior and cheering for Leslie’s growing strength in dealing with it. She not only survives, she shows an amazing strength…that would overwhelm many adults. I found the book gripping.”
– Carolyn Shearlock, TheBoatGalley.Com
Escapegoat Daughter, by Misty Compton
After twenty-six years of psychological abuse, Misty Compton discovers her mother and sister have narcissistic personality disorders. Arguments erupt forcing Misty to cut ties with her dysfunctional family. With the support of her fiancé, she starts to heal from decades of trauma and flourishes into the authentic woman she always wanted to be.
But My Brain Had Other Ideas, by Deb Brandon
When Deb Brandon discovered that cavernous angiomas—tangles of malformed blood vessels in her brain—were behind the terrifying symptoms she’d been experiencing, she underwent one brain surgery. And then another. And then another. And that was just the beginning.
When I Was Her Daughter, by Leslie Ferguson
An unlikely found-family story about the transformative, redemptive power of love, trust, forgiveness, and sacrifice, When I Was Her Daughter chronicles one girl’s journey through madness, loss, and a broken child welfare system, where only the most resilient survive. “Heartbreakingly beautiful and genuinely unforgettable.” – Sue William Silverman, award-winning author of How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences
Available As Is, by Debbie Weiss
With unflinching honesty, Weiss lays out her road from loving marriage, to grieving widow, to dating again. Eye-opening to some and painfully relatable to others, Available As Is is brave, authentic, and exceedingly validating for others working to find love in these disconnected times.” – Ann Garvin, USA Today best-selling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work
You'll Forget This Ever Happened, by Laura L. Engel
Told with heart, grit, and hard-earned wisdom, You’ll Forget This Ever Happened is the poignant story not only of Laura Engel but of thousands of young women in the 1960s made to relinquish their newborns simply because there was no ring on their finger. Powerful and redemptive.
The Shell and the Octopus, by Rebecca Stirling
“A unique and extraordinary life story that engages the readers immediate and complete attention from first page to last, “The Shell and the Octopus: A Memoir” is a deftly crafted personal history that will have a special attraction for readers with an interest in unusual family dynamics, family love and loss, and a nautical lifestyle.” – James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review