Memoirs Books

The August 2021 issue of Storyteller features Jonathan Rayson-Locke on the cover and includes a short story from him as well. In addition, there are twelve other contributors in this volume, including contest winners Gabrielle Roessler and Joshua Mahn.

This is an account of a childhood fraught with unusual complications, and one might be forgiven for believing it happened in the Victorian era, when in fact it happened not long ago. The story takes one along a journey with the child who has many...

Have you ever felt indifferent, unsure, hurt, broken, or discouraged? We all have felt these emotions at some point in our lives. Our childhood experiences are supposed to shape us into who we will become as an adult. Some things we may have gone through...

Never Fight a War on Two Fronts... so say military historians and strategists. Yet the War on COVID in the United States became almost as heated in the political arena as it did in the battlefields of hospital wards. The Mayor and The Judge tells the...

Have you ever said yes when you should have said no, especially in your workplace and to someone you thought was trustworthy?Holly Pasut, widow and single mother of three children, was a nationally recognized real estate agent in a booming market. Then...

The expanded edition of the ground-breaking memoir Little Rivers: Tales of a Woman Angler remains the premiere literary narrative of a woman in the male-dominated sport of fly fishing. In essays described as "luminous," Little Rivers features...

After her latest lover dumps her, Elizabeth decides to change her life. She quits her bureaucratic job in Santa Barbara and flies to Paris on Valentine’s Day. After two months in Paris to find a French, rich, elegant and intelligent cross between...

From the outside looking in, John Bielinski had it all—combat action as a United States Marine, professional success, a terrific family. He ran marathons, completed an Ironman, won countless martial arts battles.And yet, haunted by the demons of...

For sheer excitement and adventure, few novels match the true-life story of James Huntington. The son of a white trapper and Indian mother, Huntington learned early to fight for survival in Alaska's remote Kuskokwim region, where life was hard...

A hilarious, heartfelt romp that will bring you home to yourself. You don't have to be a knitter to fall in love with this book-any person who's ever made anything with their hands will dive joyfully into these pages and come back up renewed and ready to...

When we entered Afghanistan airspace, the mountainous terrain full of snow reminded me of when I flew over them as an air force pilot.Where I live in the United States, I am close to a mountain range where it snows during the winter, but these mountains,...

A young upstate New York woman begins an adventure of a life-time as she moves away from her safe and conventional path. She is unable to resist the excitement and challenge of a chance to become a geological explorer in Alaska, where she maps remote...

A wryly humorous and inspirational story about a proud Alaska Native family struggling to survive in two worlds. Sam and Louise Harper and their ten children make a soul-grinding transition into a modern white-dominated society where they face bigotry,...

Praise for Growing Up with Harry "Sherman Baldwin has written a delightful and honest account of a father whose love of life permeates every page of this book. Growing Up with Harry is about the lifetime of an unforgettable relationship, deeper and more...

"Al Sheppard was on the front lines of the most difficult job in police work. E-Men risk their lives every day in many different ways. They are great cops, and Al's memoir is right on the mark." -Detective Sgt. Joseph Coffey, NYPD, Ret., Author of The...

This is the witty, ironic, and deliciously outspoken coming-of-age memoir of Jack de Yonge set in Fairbanks, Alaska -- a once thriving little mining town slowly dying in the remote center of the vast territory in 1934. As Jack's dad liked say, no matter...

What do you do if you hear voices or see things? As a Euro-American woman I'll tell you what you should do. You should shut up. However, if voices prod you to quench the thirst for big human needs like Love, Justice, and Freedom, you might become a...

PKK’s soul-warming memoir tells of a life enriched by song, literature, food and spirituality at the heart of a loving family. Born into a newly independent Uganda, she grew up in a volatile political landscape but never lacked the inspiration and...

Poems and short stories mingle in this provocative memoir that simultaneously explores and re-imagines one young woman’s pursuit of excitement in a world of drugs, booze, boys, rock and roll. On the border of Detroit and Windsor the stories Bridget...

Akemi Tomoda is a Japanese-Canadian who came to Canada in 1970. 'Akemi's Journals' was published in 2011 and this is her section volume. Autobiography of a Japanese-Canadian Christian woman. Testimony of God's blessings. Christian...

Without my Children is a memoir about motherhood - without easy answers or happy endings. While recovering from severe post-partum depression, the breakdown of her first marriage and the toxic co-parenting relationship that ensued, Sonia tries...

This is a story not only for those touched by cancer but also for those looking for inspiration to follow their dreams. Karine Tobin’s emotional and candid memoir We Only Live Once traces how the young mother’s life was turned upside down by...

It is ordinary moments that change the course of many lives.A real-life Australian story of loss, grief, love, hope and triumph. This book follows the inspiring journey of Maura Luxford, a mother whose world was turned upside down when her daughter...

In the 1850s, the long arm of destiny stretched across the oceans and plucked young George Parsons and some rabbits from a village in England and brought them to a grazier's property in south eastern Australia. The boy, who was ill-treated, made good his...

'One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom' Desmond Tutu While looking for answers to get rid of a recurring aggressive illness, she came across tools that guided her through the healing process. These...

Do you feel that God has abandoned you?Do you struggle with fear and grief?Are you weighed down with doubt, anger, or depression?Do you wonder if you can really trust God?You are not alone.For eight years, author Karen A. Mace and her husband, Ross,...

The scars that were destined to be, a face of faith born against all the odds, trauma, injury, illness, loss and adversity, she found hope, resilience, miracles and MAGIC!  Whether you carry emotional or physical scars in your life, your happiness...

★ New York Times Bestselling author ★ When dark, sinister clouds loom, Victoria and Joe find themselves facing life-changing decisions. Happily, silver linings also abound in this, the fifth Old Fools chronicle. A fresh new face...

The story narrates a critical year in the life of a 40-year-old man living in a remote farmer's town on the border of Wales. Having lived in numerous countries and cities due to...

Are you religious, formerly religious, raised religious, or know someone who is? Or perhaps wondering how someone could believe in a religion other than yours?Have you ever found yourself wondering how and why an otherwise intelligent person, seemingly...

The first of many books to come is sure to take you on the journey of being an everyday black man in America striving to be better and chasing an unattainable ghost of success while battling life, physically and mentally, with family, friends,...

When children are growing up and have a clear direction of where they hope to travel in their future career, it is wonderful.  If they are lucky enough to have been given the capabilities to accomplish their goal, then that is very fortunate...

Kerry Edwards's life took an adventurous turn when the world, especially the USA, got hit by the Great Recession of 2008. Unemployment was peaking, people were struggling, and as a salesman, Kerry's luck had withered for there was nothing people were...

This is a story of a journey in the life of a gentleman from being a shepherd to a competent diplomat assigned to Ethiopian Embassy in London, UK. During his time in his post, he met several British diplomats working in the Foreign Office, Home Office...

Big surprises await the Kent-born son of a Sussex maid when he begins probing into his family’s unknown past. His journey soon upends his belief that he comes from solid English stock (Yorkshire miners and millworkers) as it takes him into an...

This is not a "Once upon a Time" story. It's all about someone's life.Brought up in a Council estate, in the 70s when freedom of speech existed in all its racist/bigoted forms, the author was bullied for being gay. He was kicked and punched.He became a...

On finding myself redundant at the ripe old age of thirty-seven and, therefore, in need of new employment, an alternative opportunity presented itself, to form a company and start my own business. I had no managerial experience, no previous ambition to...

Alles in haar leven, nog voor haar geboorte, begon met de beslissing van haar ouders. Nog voordat zij hun gezinsleven thuis, in Holland, konden opbouwen, zijn ze in 1922 vertrokken om een nieuw land op te bouwen. Een land dat in die periode nog niet...

Growing up in Glasgow can be tough so you need a real education for the real world, and the pub is the best place to get one. This is one man's story about learning the hard way through life, with drugs and alcohol - the good times and bad times and...

"It's not worth leaving the light on for you," the nanny says as she flicks off the switch and shuts the door.The little girl Helen, born in 1919, and brought up in outwardly privileged circumstances, is made to feel worthless by a succession of 'stiff...

The second half of the twentieth century saw bigger changes in major British industries than any other period beforehand. Thousands of jobs disappeared, never to be replaced as more modern ways were introduced, and outdated practices beloved of trade...

After almost forty-four years of marriage, the trials and intrigue of travelling together can make you wonder why...From cruising in Alaska, to railway journeys in Australia, to walking tours in thunderstorms in Adelaide, why do we do these things?Being...

Imagine being in a world where the stars in the night sky are as an upside-down bowl spanning from horizon to horizon, and you are at the center, in your crushed jeep. Alone.Crow and a Red Feather is a story about survival, love, and courage, and...

Nursing has been my vocation rather than my job. It has been a wonderful learning experience and I wanted to share some of them with you. It all starts with my mother's books, and her passion.

Pretio is a continuation of my previous autobiography, Love's the Only House. This book is a diary of the love and loyalty Pretio and I share and his journey with colon cancer. It expounds on my mental breakdowns-due to the aftermath of my first...

This book is exciting, and it shows the New Age generation exactly what is going on in our realm today. It shows us how to combat the things that are just tearing us down in our daily lives without us even really noticing it. This book will show you how...

The Beautiful Blonde Library Angel is about my spiritual journey to being reborn. This spiritual journey started with the discovery of The Beautiful Blonde Library Angel. The Beautiful Blonde Library Angel was to be my guiding light out of my fall into...