This memoir by Beverly J. Armento spans the country—New York, Florida, and eventually on to Georgia. It’s colorful and heart-wrenching. Her life growing up with a mentally unstable and legally blind mother is quite sad. As a child, after her father abandons them, Beverly moves into a caretaker role for her siblings and “seeing eye […]
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Estrellas: Moments of Illumination Along El Camino De Santiago ~ a Memoir
When author Suzanne Maggio chose to walk the 500-mile El Camino de Santiago, a surprising experience awaited her. The story begins with her “why” and swiftly moves to her first night in Spain, where she finds herself dining alone, wondering if she’ll survive this independent month-long excursion. Her doubts blossom, but then she crosses paths […]
Author Q&A With Alicia M. Rodriguez
When Alicia Rodriguez traveled to Ecuador to help a friend studying with a shaman, she had no idea how profoundly the decision would change her life. In The Shaman’s Wife: A Mystical Journey of Surrender and Self-Discovery, Alicia describes her journey from divorce and loss to spiritual awakening and her extraordinary relationship that stretched across […]
Kicking and Screaming: A Memoir of Madness and Martial Arts
We all have our unique ways of coping with setbacks. But when things spiral out of control, it can be challenging and, in some cases, seemingly impossible to fight your way back to some semblance of normalcy. But that’s exactly what Melanie D. Gibson did—fight her way back. Entrenched in a string of unhealthy relationships, […]