Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir by Doron Weber Nonfiction — Memoir Simon & Schuster; February 5, 2013 Paperback 368 pages (Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours) From the back cover: A medical mystery and a remarkable passion for life lie at the heart of a gifted boy’s fight to survive. Born with a congenital heart […]

História, História: Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands by Eleanor Stanford Memoir — Travel CCLaP Publishing; March 11, 2013 Kindle edition 83 pages In 1998-2000, Eleanor Stanford and her husband, Dan, spent two years in the Cape Verde islands as volunteers for the Peace Corps. While Dan seemed to assimilate pretty quickly, Eleanor had […]

Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious by Chris Stedman Nonfiction — Memoir Beacon Press, November 2012 Kindle edition 209 pages In the Foreword to Faitheist, Eboo Patel–the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core–says of Chris Stedman: His atheism doesn’t hate God; it loves people. He is proud of who he […]

Before the Rain: A Memoir of Love & Revolution by Luisita López Torregrosa Nonfiction — Memoir Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; August 7, 2012 Hardcover 240 pages From the inside flap: Before the Rain tells the story of love unexpected, its fragile bonds and subtle perils. As a newspaper editor in the ’80s, Luisita Torregrosa lived her […]

Sharp: A Memoir by David Fitzpatrick Nonfiction — Memoir William Morrow; August 21, 2012 Hardcover 368 pages **TRIGGER WARNING for people who self-harm: I’m not sure that I need to post a warning, but I’d rather be safe than sorry.** From the back cover of the ARC: In his early twenties, David Fitzpatrick began cutting […]

A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage For the Restless and the Hopeful by Gideon Lewis-Kraus Memoir — Travel Riverhead Books, May 2012 Hardcover 352 pages “Of course you’re having a crisis. Look, everybody is having a crisis all of the time. You either feel like you’re too tied up and thus prevented from doing what you […]

Lizz Free or Die: Essays by Lizz Winstead Nonfiction — Essays / Comedy / Memoir Riverhead Books; May 10, 2012 Hardcover 320 pages This is a book of essays about life. My life. It’s not a memoir, per se, as I decided to write about some specific moments that will give you some insight into […]

The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir by Wenguang Huang Nonfiction — Memoir Riverhead Books; April 26, 2012 Paperback (ARC) 262 pages Father made me Grandma’s coffin keeper when I was nine, imbuing the spooky black wooden box with a mythic significance that I could barely grasp. His stories lulled me into believing that Grandma’s […]

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson Memoir Amy Einhorn/Putnam Books; April 17, 2012 Hardcover 336 pages If you are not familiar with Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, you are missing out. Jenny is witty, hilarious, sweet, giving, and definitely one of a kind. She’s just an all-around wonderful person. […]

One Day It’ll All Make Sense by Common with Adam Bradley Memoir Atria Books, September 2011 Hardcover 320 pages I don’t know what I was expecting when I bought a copy of Common’s new book back in September. Honestly, buying this book was just another way for me to support a man who has been […]

Shaq Uncut: My Story by Shaquille O’Neal (with contributions from Jackie MacMullan) Memoir Grand Central Publishing, 2011 Nook edition 304 pages The National Basketball Association has been in existence for over 60 years. There have been a number of legends to pass through the game, and there are moments that fans of the sport can […]

Cloyne Court by Dodie Katague Memoir — Creative Three Clover Press, 2009 Paperback 328 pages Cloyne Court is a creative memoir. As stated on the copyright page, “Although seventy-five percent of this memoir is factual, liberties were taken with the other twenty-five percent for plot purposes. That is where scenes were recreated from memory when […]

An American Childhood by Annie Dillard Memoir Harper Perennial, 2008 Paperback 272 pages An American Childhood, first published in 1987, is Annie Dillard’s memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1950’s.  Dillard had a pretty idyllic childhood, her family being relatively privileged and living in the more privileged neighborhoods in Pittsburgh.  She recalls with […]

The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow Memoir — Law Twelve, 2010 Hardcover 288 pages The death penalty is a very touchy subject for most people.  If you have an opinion about capital punishment, as most people do, it’s likely you are not going to change that opinion any time soon.  I would […]